The first glacier in the world officially 'died' in the era of climate change

And it is important that this will not be the only glacier to die, if people do not do something.

Mountain-climbing enthusiasts in Northern Europe, for a long time, considered the Ok volcano of Iceland a great place, because there was Okjökull .

Okjökull - the name given to Mount Ok - not a person, but a glacier (glacier - or glacier).

Okjökull has officially disappeared, becoming the first glacier to "die" in the era of climate change

Only now, what remains of Okjökull is a monument. Because in 2014, Okjokull officially disappeared, becoming the first glacier "to die" in the era of climate change.

Recently, on the Twitter site of NASA, a photo taken from the Landsat satellite of the United States was published, showing the terrible change of Okjökull in the last three decades (from 1986 to 2019). The tweet tweeted that Okjökull was the first glacier in Iceland to lose its title.

Memorial for Okjökull

But more importantly, in the above tweet, NASA warned that in the next 200 years it would be possible for the entire glacier in the world to follow Okjökull. The mark of this river is a testament to the fact that climate change is actually taking place, and that humans need to join hands to do something.

"This will be the first monument for a glacier that died of climate change in the world." - Cymene How, a producer of a documentary about Mount Ok in 2018 said. He was also the one who erected the memorial for Okjökull.

"By marking Ok's existence, we hope that will attract the attention of people around the world."

It is estimated that Okjokull used to occupy an area of ​​about 16 km ² in 1890. But only over 50 years later, it was only 7 km ² - a startling level of melting.

NASA warned that in the next 200 years, the entire glacier in the world would follow Okjökull.

In the second half of the 20th century, Okjökull's melting speed continued to increase sharply, to only 3.4 km2 in early 2000. By 2012, the figure was down to 0.7, and by 2014, the river was officially "dead" , completely gone.

It is known that Iceland has about 400 glaciers, but perhaps all will disappear by 2200 with this global warming speed. These are the largest freshwater reserves in the world, and provide a lot of information for science about climate and geography history.

But it is worth mentioning that the glacial disappearance does not only exist in Iceland, but a global phenomenon. As of the end of June, Greenland lost more than 1 billion tons of ice every day - a speed that will completely disappear from the ice shelf of this land in 3000.

In Antarctica, ice melting speed is now six times higher than in 1979 - resulting from a record heat this summer.