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ProTraveller has posted a list of 20 Cities, Islands & Countries Threatened By Global Warming.
The post points out that while British Columbia is hoping the temperature boost will help their wine thrive, it may very likely put other parts of the world in dire straights. While India’s Lohachara island was the first inhabited island to disappear underwater as a result of global warming, many very popular destinations may be under water or otherwise affected by global climate change in the coming decades.
The list of areas in danger includes:
Check out the other 15 regions at risk as well as projected images of some of the destruction here. Then, click here to see what you can do to help stop global climate change.
May 15th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Newsflash: The planet is getting colder, not warmer.
But agreed we should stop poisoning the planet, including not spewing toxins into the atmosphere.
May 18th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
When I saw that Tokyo, Japan are on the list of flooding engangered zones i quickly figured out why The Japanese are already attempting to build cities on water. I wonder how long it takes for the regions on the list to vanish completely?
May 19th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Before they vanish!?
I think it’s incredibly irresponsible and somewhat ironic that you would encourage poeple to go to these endangered places.
As air travel is one of the biggest contributors to CO2 emissions, the last thing these places need are hoards to backpackers decending upon them.
Further, supposed ‘eco-tourism’ has gradually wrecked places such as the Galapagos islands.
For the sake of environmental sustainablity and just straightforward ethics, this list should be entitled ‘Places That Should Be Avoided.’