Iceland unveils a memorial plaque for the first glacier it has lost
By 2014, Okjokull ice sheet failed to meet the criteria to be a glacier. It's the first glacier in Iceland to do so, but won't be the last.
August 20, 2019
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COPENHAGEN — Iceland unveiled a plaque to its Okjokull ice sheet on Sunday, the first of the country’s hundreds of glaciers to melt away due to climate change.
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