In Nigeria, a fishing community is being eaten up by the Atlantic Ocean

The coastal community of Ayetoro, in Nigeria's southwestern Ondo State, has become one of the country's most visible examples of the vulnerability of communities living along the Atlantic Ocean to coastal erosion and rising waters.

The beach shrinks every year in Ayetoro, in southern Nigeria, and what is left is peppered with the remains of homes swallowed by the ocean – some years ago, some just months prior.

"We are walking on people's houses," said 35-year-old Thompson Akingboye, moving along a narrow strip of sand only accessible by boat.

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位于尼日利亚西南部翁多州的沿海社区阿耶托罗，已成为该国沿海社区易受大西洋侵蚀和海平面上升影响的最明显例子之一。

在尼日利亚南部的阿耶托罗，海滩每年都在缩小，剩下的地方散落着被海水吞噬的房屋残骸——有些是几年前被吞噬的，有些则是几个月前被吞噬的。

“我们是在别人的房子上行走，”35岁的汤普森·阿金博耶说道，他正沿着一条只能乘船到达的狭窄沙地前进。

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