{
  "id": 8842747,
  "title": "Nigeria: Demolishing Lagos Informal Settlements Also Destroys the City's Best Defences Against Climate Change",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/nigeria-demolishing-lagos-informal-settlements-also-destroys-the",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-21T04:50:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica",
    "slug": "allafrica",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202609210012.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "[The Conversation Africa] In a waterfront settlement in Lagos, Nigeria, I watched from the shoreline as two men worked a stretch of lagoon from their canoe. One held the boat steady. The other dived underwater a few metres, then surfaced with a bucket full of sand, emptied it into the canoe, and went under again for more. They did this for hours, collecting as much sand as the canoe could hold…",
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}