The planet’s widest glacier could contribute twice as much to global sea level rise as currently projected, according to new research by glaciologists.
I visited Iceland over the summer. In the Perlan science museum in Reykjavik they have a replica of a plaque that was installed at the site of the former glacier Okjökull. It reads, in English
A letter to the future
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.
Followed by the global atmospheric CO2 reading for when it was installed in August 2019, which was 415ppm
I visited Iceland over the summer. In the Perlan science museum in Reykjavik they have a replica of a plaque that was installed at the site of the former glacier Okjökull. It reads, in English
Followed by the global atmospheric CO2 reading for when it was installed in August 2019, which was 415ppm
This year we reached 432ppm.