It's somewhat hard to believe a place could be endangered. Dangerous, yes. But endangered itself? Also, yes. Gaute Hogh has published a book entitled "100 Places to Go Before They Disappear"(...as a funny side note to this otherwise somber posting, I first typed that the book was "100 Places to Go Before You Disappear"...take a moment to laugh...now let's get back to the issue at hand...). Hogh wrote the book after witnessing first hand the effects of global warming in Denmark, and he wanted to be sure others could see and understand the effect rising temperatures had on all sorts of environments and climates (not just icebergs and the deep ocean).
So if you have a hard time visualizing how a 1/4 inch rise in sea level can be catastrophic, or why it matters to you living in Nebraska, this book will show you some of the amazing places that could be changed and lost to us forever.
Hogh's first example was the Wadden Sea in Denmark. The sea is a low-lying coastal zone where visitors can see landscapes and birds while seemingly walking on the water. With rising waters, this area's ecosystem could be destroyed, but it could also become too dangerous for people to cross.
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| Getty Images/Jochem D. Wijnands |
Other locations that Hogh pinpoints in his book are the River Thames in London, Kauai, Olympia, and even Big Sur California and The Battery in New York City. The River Thames could become flooded, causing millions of dollars (or pounds as it were) of damage to London's underground railways. Flooding could also become a serious issue someday for Manhattan, and Big Sur is threatened by increased droughts and wildfires.
If you'd like to read Yahoo's News article (where I obtained my information) and interview with Hogh you can find it here (link no longer available), and be sure to check out some more pictures of endangered places, here (link no longer available).
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