NASA confirms that Iceland’s first glacier has vanished

Miami, Aug 14 (RHC) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States (USA) presented a series of satellite photographs showing the first disappearance of an Icelandic glacier, the one known as Okjökull.

The U.S. entity indicated that as a result of global warming predicts that in the next 200 years all glaciers will also disappear.

NASA reported that on August 18, scientists will travel to the summit of the volcano also known as Ok, located in central-western Iceland, to place a commemorative plaque that will serve as a warning to the world, highlights Telesur.

The legend on the plaque will indicate: “The deceased that is remembered is Okjökull, a glacier that was once iconic and that was declared dead in 2014”.

“The Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its glacier status. In the next 200 years, it is expected that all our glaciers will follow the same course”, will be read on the plaque that will be called ‘A letter to the future’.

“With this monument we recognize that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only in the future we will know if we did it,” adds the text, which will have the date of August 2019.

In 1901, the Ok extended over an area of 38 square kilometers, according to a geological map. By 1978, the glacier measured three square kilometers, while today it covers less than a square kilometer, NASA said.

(Taken from RHC in Spanish)

Written by Radio Grito de Baire