Iceland on Sunday honors the passing of Okjokull, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate.

 

上周日，冰岛为奥克冰川的消逝举行纪念仪式。科学家警告说，冰岛还有大约400座冰川面临相同的命运。
 

 

With a theme of fighting climate change, about 100 Icelanders have said farewell to what once was a glacier¹. Scientists said it was the first of Iceland's glaciers² to disappear because of climate change.

 

About 100 years ago, the glacier covered almost 6 square miles of a mountainside in western Iceland and measured more than 160 feet thick.

 

A plaque³ has been installed at the site of the former glacier, which reads: "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 plaque bears the inscription⁴ "A letter to the future," and is intended to raise awareness⁵ about the decline of glaciers and the effects of climate change.

 

It is also labelled "415 ppm CO2," referring to the record level of carbon dioxide measured in the atmosphere in May.

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