Atafona, a Brazilian resort town of some 6,000 people, has long suffered from extreme erosion – now the problem is being exacerbated even more by global warming.
Vultures roam the sand in the Brazilian resort town of Atafona amid the ruins of the latest houses destroyed by the sea, whose relentless rise has turned the local coastline into an apocalyptic landscape. The Atlantic Ocean advances an average of six meters (nearly 20 feet) a year in this small town ..