Global warming threatens the popular tourist destinations

As a result of the Copenhagen Conference on the Environment, taking place this week in Denmark, HolidayCheck called well-known tourist destinations, whose existence threatened by global warming. Here are the five most risky areas.

Athens - one of the oldest cities in the world with an incredible amount of architectural monuments. Unfortunately, the temperature rise in the Mediterranean region is faster than anywhere else. The scientists suggest that by 2020 the city chart ranks the growing cloud of smog, and the temperature in this part of the world will be over 40 ° Celsius.

We must have time to visit the snow-covered ski slopes, while they still exist, since 1994, 2002 and 2003 were the warmest in the Alps over the past 500 years. The most vulnerable lower station of ski resorts, especially the eastern side of the Alps, such as Kitzbuhel in Austria. Currently in Europe there are 609 ski resorts. Because of the temperature rise of only 1 ° their number will drop to 500, and an increase in temperature of 2 ° will reduce the number of winter resorts to 404.

Everglades National Park is the largest tropical ecoregions in the United States. This area is also on the brink of irreversible change. Everglades National Park provides habitat dozens of endangered species living in marshes and lakes of this national park. However, sea level rise will lead to storms and floods, making the park dangerous for tourists. Climate change - the greatest threat to the existence of the Australian reef. Coral bleaching started with an increase in sea temperature, 5% of reefs were severely damaged in recent years. Scientists believe that by 2050 on the reefs will dominate nekorallovye organisms. Venice - a city on water, its residents have become accustomed to frequent flooding, which they called acqua alta. According to new research MOSE (technical project designed for flood protection), new and costly barriers fail to protect Venice. About four times a year, the sea level rises above 110, see the end of the century is projected that acqua alta will rule over the city from 30 to 250 times a year. Source: IP "Voyage"