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Iceland memorialized vanished glaciers as commenter cites U.N. declaration naming 2025 for glacier preservation
Summary
A public commenter described a memorial in Iceland marking lost glaciers and said the United Nations General Assembly declared 2025 the International Year of Glaciers Preservation, framing the site as a warning about accelerating climate change.
A public commenter described a new memorial in Iceland that they called the world’s first “glacier graveyard,” saying the site’s markers memorialize glaciers lost to warming temperatures.
“It’s a symbol of what we've lost and a warning for what's still to come,” the commenter said, adding that “the United Nations General Assembly has declared 2025 the International Year of Glaciers Preservation.”
The commenter opened by describing the…
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