Sad remains of Iceland's first dead glacier seen in satellite images

Oddur Sigurðsson, a geologist in the Icelandic Meteorological Office, declared the largely vanished Okjökull glacier dead in 2014. 

Five years later, on August 18, Sigurðsson and others will hike to the summit of the cone-shaped volcano where the glacier once thrived and leave a metal memorial in its place. Okjökull is recognized as the first Icelandic glacier lost to climate change. But for those of us who can't make the hike, satellite image comparisons taken by the U.S. Geological Survey's Landsat satellites show Okjökull's dramatic recession between 1986 and 2019.

The glacier's disappearance, however, isn't unique. Glaciers are retreating all over Iceland (and, it should be noted, the world). Read more...

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from Mashable https://mashable.com/article/glacier-dead-iceland/
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