Higher global temperatures are threatening glaciers, which cover 11 percent of Iceland and are prominent tourist attractions.
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What Worries Iceland? A World Without Ice. It Is Preparing.
As rising temperatures drastically reshape Iceland’s landscape, businesses and the government are spending millions for survival and profit.
One Thing You Can Do: Beat the Heat Efficiently
Also this week, a sand surplus in Greenland and New York’s climate resolution.
Rising Temperatures Could Melt Most Himalayan Glaciers by 2100
If current climate change trends continue, the Himalayas could heat up by 8 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century, researchers said.
Lens: Documenting the Disappearing Glaciers of Iceland
On foot and by plane, Ragnar Axelsson is photographing the glaciers that cover his homeland, creating a poetic record of the structures for a future without them.