May 14th, 2008

Goodbye NYC and London

ProTraveller reports the top vacation destinations that are the most threatened by climate change.  Depressing, I know, but something we should all be aware of sooner rather than later.  They are:

Great Barrier Reef, Australia:

2. Palau, Micronesia

3. Maldives, Indian Ocean

4. Virgin Islands, Caribbean

5. Cook Islands, Pacific Ocean

6. Galapagos Islands, Pacific Ocean

7. Belize Barrier Reef, Belize

8. Red Sea Reef, Egypt

9. Tokyo, Japan

10. London, UK

11. New York City, USA

12. New Orleans, USA

13. Jakarta, Indonesia

14. India

15. Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

16. Yellowstone National Park, USA

17. Lake Baikal, Serbia

18. Glacier National Park, USA

19. Columbia Glacier, Alaska, USA

20. Death Valley, USA

 

Be sure to visit the ProTraveler site for more photos, some beautiful, some shocking.

 

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