Robert Sanscartier<p>Ayetoro, a low-lying coastal community in southern Nigeria, is being impacted by rising sea levels.<br>Ironically in the past, the sea used to be far from where people lived, posing a problem for fishermen.<br>A researcher discovered that the community was losing its land to the sea at a rate of 65m per year</p><p><a href="https://www.news24.com/fin24/climate_future/solutions/the-town-being-eaten-by-the-sea-and-the-researcher-racing-to-rescue-it-20230812" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">news24.com/fin24/climate_futur</span><span class="invisible">e/solutions/the-town-being-eaten-by-the-sea-and-the-researcher-racing-to-rescue-it-20230812</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MassExtinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassExtinction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ayetoro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ayetoro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nigeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nigeria</span></a></p>