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Climate change threatens Ghana's coast
2013-12-28 14:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Ask anyone in this fishing village along Ghana's eastern coast where they grew up, and they'll likely point south, towards the blue waves of the Gulf of Guinea. The ocean has encroached on areas that were once land, dry enough for the villagers of Totope to grow crops, build homes and raise families. It's all gone now, buried by crushing waves and shifting sands that have forced the village of a few thousand to move onto swampy land reclaimed with an unreliable mix of sand and trash. The...
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