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Endangered travel destinations around the world
世界各地的瀕危旅游目的地
Many of the world's most wondrous and beautiful destinations are in danger of being destroyed by a combination of environmental and social factors: a warming climate, pollution, strained resources, bulging populations, and booming tourist traffic. Below are some popular locations worth visiting before they disappear.
世界上許多最奇妙和最美麗的旅游目的地正處于被環境和社會綜合因素毀壞的危險中：氣候變暖，污染，資源緊張，人口膨脹，和日益增加的旅游交通。以下就是一些即將消失，特別值得一游的熱門景點。
Glaciers, Glacier National Park
United States and Canada
Glacier National Park contains some of the most beautiful, primitive wilderness in the Rocky Mountains. There are more than 200 glacier-fed lakes, high peaks, sheer precipices, large forests, waterfalls, much wildlife, and a great variety of wildflowers. However, temperature fluctuations have caused glacier growth and depletion. Ten thousand years ago, the area of Glacier National Park was covered by ice up to one mile below sea level. The latest warm period has caused the number of glaciers to decrease from 150 in 1850 to 26 today. If current global warming trends continue, there will be no glaciers left in Glacier National Park by 2030.
冰川，國家冰川公園
美國和加拿大
在落基山脈的國家冰川公園中仍可見到一些最美麗，最原始的荒野景色。這里有200多個冰川湖泊，高聳的山峰，陡峭的懸崖斷壁，大片的森林，瀑布，大量的野生動植物，以及種類繁多的野花。然而，溫度的波動引起冰川增長和消融。一萬年以前，國家冰川公園低于海平面的地區被厚達一英里的冰層覆蓋。最近的暖期已導致冰川數量從1850年的150個下降到今天的26個。如果目前的全球變暖趨勢繼續下去，到2030年國家冰川公園就再也見不到冰川了。
