I visit msn.com more than I visit Popsugar (is that even possible?), and I love that ever since msn.com made it available for Internet-goers to watch the Live Earth concerts the site have continued to dedicate a channel on the environment. The environmentally conscious articles on msn.com are interesting, thought-provoking and compelling, and the article below is no exception. Ladies and gents, 16 of the most endangered destinations in the world, starting with the first eight:

1. "The Everglades, Florida: Perhaps no region of the country is as vulnerable to climate change as Florida. Even a slight increase in temperature and water level could prove devastating to popular destinations like the Everglades, Miami Beach and the Keys."

2. "Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska: A sign in Kenai Fjords National Park indicates where the Exit Glacier reached in 1978; about a half-mile away from where it has receded to today. A jaw-dropping spectacle for the thousands of tourists who flock to Alaska each year, many Alaska glaciers are rapidly receding."

3. "Australia’s Great Barrier Reef: One of the most impressive natural habitats in the world, the Great Barrier Reef could be killed by increased water temperatures and the resulting coral bleaching. Australia is particularly vulnerable to global warming because of its large number of fragile ecosystems, uncertain water sources and a high concentration of people living on the coast."

4. "The Netherlands: Popular for its abundant windmills, tulips, art and history, low-lying Holland—long dependent on dams and dikes to keep the ocean out—is at great risk from damaging floods over the next century."

5. "Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: The first image of Kilimanjaro above was taken prior to 1998, the second in 2005. The fabled snows of Kilimanjaro have steadily declined over the past century, and all of its glaciers could be gone by 2020, according to a recent story in National Geographic."

6. "Funafuti, Tuvalu: No countries are as fragile in the face of rising oceans as low-lying island nations, many of which are among the most popular tourist destinations. The tiny Pacific atoll nation of Tuvalu has been in talks with New Zealand about a possible evacuation of its 11,000 inhabitants if the oceans continue to rise."

7. "South Georgia Island: Rife with king penguins, seal, whales and albatross, South Georgia Island, located just north of Antarctica, has become a popular stopover for cruise ships in the south Atlantic. Studies have shown that both poles are warming at a rate far faster than the rest of the planet, leading to decreased ice thickness and an increase in ice shelf disintegration."

8. "Dalian, China: Fast-growing China, shown here during a prolonged heat wave last year, is opening about one coal plant every day this year. Along with the U.S., China is one of the world's leading contributors to the greenhouse gases believed to be largely responsible for the increase in the Earth's temperature."

The last eight destinations can be read here: http://teamsugar.com/group/464886/blog/466885.

(Quotes and images from http://liveearth.msn.com).