Hawaii, Oahu, Honolulu And Waikiki, Aerial View Of Royal Hawaiian Hotel. (Photo by Education Images/UIG via Getty Images)

Climate change has its sights on its next victim, and it’s one of America’s favorite vacation spots.

Hawaii is known for its near perfect weather, but a new report from the University of Hawaii’s Sea Grant program states that islands in the Pacific might be unrecognizable in the coming years as climate change makes them hotter, arid, stormy and even disease-ridden.

According to “Climate Change Impacts In Hawaii: A Summary Of Climate Change And Its Impacts To Hawaii’s Ecosystems And Communities,” which was paid for by Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA), the oceans, rainfall, ecosystems and immunity of people who live on islands in the Pacific are all at peril. But what’s more, tourism — an industry responsible for most of the state’s annual revenue — might all but vanish.
Amongst the doom and gloom, the study projects:

Higher average temperatures, stressing native animals and […]