by Stacy Feldman -
Aug 26th, 2008 
"Every year the sea comes closer. We keep moving the village and we are being pushed down to the lagoon."
-- Ebenezer Koranteng, 70-year-old villager, Totope, Ghana in the AP, August 26, 2008
Unlivable in five years. That’s Koranteng’s prediction for his Ghanaian coastal village of Totope, population 1,000. Rising seas are driving them out, with no place to run.
The AP reporter observes for himself:
Abandoned concrete buildings are half submerged under sand. Thatched huts have been repeatedly moved back. And about one mile offshore, an entire settlement lies deep under the water, submerged many years ago. Fishermen say they have to detour around the old underwater buildings which snag their nets.
It’s happening all over Ghana's coastline:
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