{"id":3734,"date":"2019-07-12T06:39:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T06:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=3734"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:24","slug":"waves-of-change-nigerias-lagos-battles-erosion-caused-by-atlantic-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/07\/12\/waves-of-change-nigerias-lagos-battles-erosion-caused-by-atlantic-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Waves Of Change: Nigeria&#8217;s Lagos Battles Erosion Caused By Atlantic Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By The EastAfrican<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can Lagos hold back\nthe waves?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sprawled around a\nlagoon, Nigeria&#8217;s frenetic economic capital faces a threat from the Atlantic on\nits doorstep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ocean has pounded\nthe soft, sandy shoreline on a timescale far surpassing human history &#8212; but\nnow its waves spell a major threat to the city and its booming population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The coastline is\neroding, driven partly by higher water levels caused by global warming but also\nfrom the impact of dredging to provide sand for construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Global warming,\naccording to a World Bank study in March, is causing the Atlantic to invade\nAfrica&#8217;s western coast by up to four metres (13 feet) a year, badly hitting\nsome economically vital areas. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theeastafrican.co.ke\/news\/africa\/Lagos-battles-Atlantic-erosion\/4552902-5189938-fmh5n9\/index.html\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By The EastAfrican Can Lagos hold back the waves? Sprawled around a lagoon, Nigeria&#8217;s frenetic economic capital faces a threat from the Atlantic on its doorstep. The ocean has pounded&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}