Due to factors such as the climate change, the destruction of ecosystems, human action or an increase in sea level, there are some places on the planet who unfortunately will disappear completely, as National Geographic tells us.
If you have the chance, we recommend you travel and enjoy the 9 places you must visit before they disappear, in a sustainable way and without damage the environment, because in a few years may already be too late .
1. Dead Sea
The Dead Sea is located in the deepest area of the Earth between Jordan and Israel and its water level has sunk more than 80 feet (25 meters) in the past 40 years due to water diversion and agricultural jobs that use water from nearby rivers.
Kyoto is an ancient city that is becoming a (very) modern city. Their traditions are being lost with the demolition of hundreds of Machiya houses belonging to the Edo Period. The World Monuments Fund is working hard to preserve these symbols of Japanese culture.
3. Solomon Islands
Tetapare is the largest uninhabited island in the southern hemisphere. It features a stunning black reef with sharks, so far it remains largely intact, although it could follow the same fate as many of the Solomon Islands, which are being devastated by logging, with hard consequences on the environment and the ecosystem.
Unfortunately, it is believed that by the year 2020, all the glaciers of this park located in the United States will have disappeared due to climate change. In 1910, it had about 150 glaciers in 2010, only 25.
It has always been an isolated place with little outside contact, although since 1959, with the incidents in Tibet, this began to change and even the first road was built to connect the capital with the border. The monks, remain isolated, but their arms are open to visitors. It is possible that due to the incipient tourism, little by little it is losing its cultural identity, despite the tight control of the state tourism agency.
6. Atlantic Forest, South America
The original Atlantic Forest covered 1.35 million square kilometers ( 520,000 square miles), it spanned from Brazil to Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay. However, due to logging, now, it has less than 7% of its original size and and it exists mainly as isolated patches.
Due to the combined effect of global warming and changes in land use, the glaciers of the highest mountain in Africa have fallen by about 80% just in the last century, thought they could disappear completely in 2022.
This famous mangrove ecosystem, always have been compromised due to various problems from invasive animals like pythons to contaminated water and harmful recreation practices. However, the most serious problem is the rising sea level in the coming decades that will end flooded with salt water the mangroves , makes them to disappear.