Ankit Stephen looks at the edge of a lagoon in Majuro, Marshall Islands, where encroaching waves are toppling shoreline coconut trees in this photo from April 3, 2004.
If an island state vanishes with climate change, is it still a nation? (http://www.topix.com/world/oceania/2010/12/if-an-island-state-vanishes-with-climate-change-is-it-still-a-nation?fromrss=1)