7 years ago today, Iceland had a funeral for the Okjökull glacier

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okj%C3%B6kull

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/okjokull-glacier-funeral_n_5d5abf64e4b0eb875f271eb3

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TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 19d

That is powerful. Brought a tear to my eye.

ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 19d

And they put the CO2 ppm there....

We know what's causing it, we know how to mitigate that cause, we just can't be bothered to not make 100 people rediculously rich.

chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 18d

12ppm since. Woohoo?

mystrawberrymind@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 18d

Ah, I thought this was familiar! Visited the Perlan museum in Reykjavik, Iceland where they had the same plaque on top of an actual block of ice they saved from the Ok glacier🥲