Tag:Coastal erosion

Land Degradation

Lekki-Epe corridor may be washed away by 2024 if…, NCF alerts

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) warns that the Lekki-Epe corridor, including the Lekki Conservation Centre (LCC) and the estates surrounding it, may be washed...

Michael Simire - November 20, 2022

Marine

Surging waves threaten Aussie coastline, researchers warn

Ocean waves in the Southern Hemisphere are becoming more powerful, adding to Australia’s coastal erosion, according to an international oceanographic team. Dr Tom Mortlock, an...

Michael Simire - June 15, 2021

Disaster Risk Management

Coastal erosion, flood threaten Fed. Poly, Ekowe, says Rector

The management of the Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe in Bayelsa State, says the institution is under serious threat by coastal erosion and perennial flooding. Rector of...

Michael Simire - September 17, 2020

Land Degradation

Coconut trees planted to save disappearing Lagos coastline

Over 50 seedlings of coconut trees (cocos nucifera) have been planted along the shores to cushion the effect of sea surge that has washed...

Michael Simire - July 25, 2020

Marine

Saving the fading Lekki coastline

The "Save Lekki Coastland" could be considered a coast-to-coast conservation intervention to protect the Lagos coastlines beginning from the Lafiaji coastline situated wholly or...

admin - July 20, 2017

Cover

Lamentations as ocean inundates Lagos coastal community

The aftermath of over 72-hours of rain-fueled ocean surge that ravaged Okun Alfa (popularly known as Alfa Beach), a coastal community in the Eti-Osa...

admin - September 7, 2016

Cover

Climate change forces Alaskan village to relocate

A Native American village in Alaska has voted to relocate its entire population of some 600 people due to the threat of rising seas,...

admin - August 24, 2016

Photo News

Lagos community at mercy of Atlantic Ocean (in photos)

Okun Alfa is a coastal community located in Lagos, South-West Nigeria, on the coastline by the Atlantic Ocean. The community beach, known as Alpha Beach,...

Michael Simire - September 14, 2014

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