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posted by martyb on Monday August 19 2019, @06:30PM   Printer-friendly
from the Ok-is-not-okay dept.

On Sunday a funeral was held in Iceland to commemorate Okjokull, what was once a vast glacier, reports the Associated Press. It was estimated to span 15 square miles (38 square kilometers) in 1901. It now takes up less than half a square mile (under 1 square kilometer), according to NASA's Earth Observatory.

Icelandic geologist Oddur Sigurðsson presented to the audience, which included Iceland's Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir, former president of Ireland Mary Robinson and around 100 others, a death certificate for Okjokull. In a symbolic move, a plaque was planted with a message to future generations. It reads:

"Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it." 

The funeral is actually a few years late, as Okjokull lost its glacier status in 2014. Since jokull is Icelandic for volcano, the former glacier now just goes by Ok -- named after the volcano it rested atop.


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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by ikanreed on Monday August 19 2019, @08:32PM (7 children)

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Monday August 19 2019, @08:32PM (#882307) Journal

    Last time a (the same?) AC dumbass raised this point, I went down a rabbit hole on that claim looking into its history.

    It(at least the sunspot variation of it) was originally proposed by a PhD astrologer to prove how celestial bodies could dictate life on earth. But don't worry, after the last 2 times getting he wrong, he refined his prediction so that the next local maximum was after his death.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 19 2019, @08:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 19 2019, @08:50PM (#882311)

    he refined his prediction so that the next local maximum was after his death.

    Is that because someone finished him off for being a dumb ass?

  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 19 2019, @08:53PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 19 2019, @08:53PM (#882312)

    What in the world are you talking about? To begin with, there is no PhD in astrology. Your post goes downhill from there.

    I think you are having trouble distinguishing between your TDS fever dreams and real life.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 19 2019, @08:59PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 19 2019, @08:59PM (#882319)

      Ick, here is hoping /. opens AC posting again.

    • (Score: 4, Touché) by digitalaudiorock on Monday August 19 2019, @11:35PM (2 children)

      by digitalaudiorock (688) on Monday August 19 2019, @11:35PM (#882376) Journal

      What in the world are you talking about? To begin with, there is no PhD in astrology. Your post goes downhill from there.

      Either that or ikanreed's very point is that the entire "theory", as well as it's author's supposed "degree", are both totally fake, and you're just to fucking thick to figure that out.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 19 2019, @11:47PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 19 2019, @11:47PM (#882379)

        That is obviously his point. The problem is the failure of his "history" to be real. It is difficult for me to understand how so many people can be on this site with the same poor reading comprehension, so I suspect some sock puppetry.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 19 2019, @11:52PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 19 2019, @11:52PM (#882381)

          Yes, because illiteracy is proof of a puppet wearing a sock over his eyes!

  • (Score: 2) by driverless on Thursday August 22 2019, @12:59AM

    by driverless (4770) on Thursday August 22 2019, @12:59AM (#883390)

    I went down a rabbit hole on that claim looking into its history.

    Fortunately, there's a great self-help book [metabunk.org] for dealing with this.