13. Mount Fuji, Japan
Mount Fuji is a “must-see” when in Japan. Unfortunately, the image of this iconic snow-capped volcano may soon be little more than a distant memory as its snowfall has been decreasing over the past decade. NASA reported that the snow cover on Mount Fuji in 2020 was the lowest it’s been in the past 20 years. Indeed, the snowcap was reported to be significantly smaller or even absent during that year.
14. Lanikai Beach, USA
This famous beach on the Windward Coast of Hawaii’s island of Oahu is in trouble. Sandbag walls and manmade seawalls are adding to the overall coastal erosion here. In fact, the beach’s southern half is no longer walkable and a lot of the shoreline that remains is eroded. Experts state that the island has lost almost 25 percent of its beaches because of shoreline hardening, and by 2050 that fateful figure could climb to 40 percent.
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