17. Sundarbans, Bangladesh, and India
This group of low-lying islands is located in the Bay of Bengal and spans a total of 3,800 square miles. Here you will find one of the world’s largest mangrove forests, as well as rare Bengal tigers, Ganges River dolphins, chital deer, and saltwater crocodiles. The coastlines here are eroding due to continuing deforestation, overfishing, and deforestation. Official estimates indicate that if the sea level rises another 45 centimeters approximately 75 percent of the mangroves will perish.
18. The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
The 1,200-mile Great Barrier Reef on Australia’s northern coast may not be officially “in danger” anymore but is still threatened. Rising ocean temperatures have impacted the reef and its inhabitants and in 2019 Australian officials said it was in “very poor” condition. Climate-induced factors have resulted in the Great Barrier Reef dying at an alarming rate. In the recent past, experts have witnessed almost a 90 percent decrease in new coral.
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