Archive · 27 May 2025

Ghana's Vanishing Coast: Climate Change Swallows History

Ghana's Vanishing Coast: Climate Change Swallows History

Imagine the ocean is slowly eating away at the land in Ghana, especially along its coast.

This is because of rising water levels and how people use the land.

Important places like old forts, where enslaved people were once held, are crumbling.

Villages are disappearing, and people are losing their homes and history.

Even though the government tried to build walls to protect some areas, it didn't solve the problem.

Now, experts say the coast will keep shrinking without more help, including taking better care of the old forts and stopping activities that make the erosion worse.

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