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Skaftafellsjökull Melting By About 50 To 100 Metres Per Year
The iconic Icelandic glacier is continuining its rapid retreat, and shows no sign of slowing, as a series of annually taken photographs depicts starkly. Guðmundur Ögmundsson, who has been monitoring Skaftafellsjökull for the past eight years now, added two new photos to…
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Iceland Will Be Glacier-Free In 200 Years
Iceland’s glaciers are disappearing at a troubling rate, and the country could be devoid of glaciers in as little as 200 years. Glaciologist Oddur Sigurðsson told attendees of a meeting of The Iceland Touring Association last night that Iceland’s glaciers have been…
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Glacier Recedes 240 Metres In 20 Years (UPDATE: 887 Metres)
Sólheimajökull glacier has receded by 240 metres 887 metres in just 20 years, reports RÚV (update due to RÚV correcting its numbers). Roughly 300 travellers visit Sólheimajökull glacier each day during tourist season though there is less to see with each passing year. “The glacier…