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.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday August 19 2019, @09:13PM (2 children)
Global warming is wrong because we're going to have a mini ice age ANY DAY NOW.
Congratulations, AC, I didn't think it was possible to come up with a dumber hypothesis than the sun spots one but you proved me wrong!
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 19 2019, @10:56PM
Wasn't AGW disproven with ClimateGate? Seriously, it's a religion with you people.
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 19 2019, @11:10PM
You've got a serious strawman problem. I think you may be insane because all I see post on here is arguments with yourself all day. To be fair you do take other people's posts as input but then transform it into a retarded strawman so you can feel superior or something.