Iceland Mourns Glacier Killed by Climate Change With 'Letter to the Future'

By IE Staff

Updated: 10:06 AM PDT, August 19, 2019

Mourners gathered Sunday in Iceland for a memorial service for a glacier.

It wasn't your average funeral.

Mourners gathered Sunday in Iceland for a memorial service for a glacier. The Okjokull glacier officially "died" in 2014, but Iceland's Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir and Environment Minister Gudmundur Gudbrandsson paid tribute to it over the weekend with the special service.

There, a memorial plaque was drilled into a rock, honoring it as the first glacier lost to climate change.

It read in part: "This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it."

Iceland is home to over 200 glaciers, including Europe's largest. But at the present rate of decline, all of Iceland's glaciers will be gone within 200 years.

Man Wakes Up at Own Funeral Just Before Being Buried

Hundreds of Strangers Attend Funeral of Korean War Vet With No Known Family Left

Iceland Mourns Glacier Killed by Climate Change With 'Letter to the Future'

Iceland Holds a Funeral for 'Dead' Glacier Lost to Climate Change

Green Algae Beer Fights Climate Change by Reducing Methane Released by Cows

Seaweed in Cattle Feed May Fight Climate Change by Reducing Methane Emissions

Caused by Climate Change, Greenland’s Glacial Rock Flour Could Help Fight It

6-Year-Old Reunites With Special Teddy Bear She Lost a Year Ago at Glacier National Park

Ukrainian Welder Victor Mihalev Makes Art From Old Bomb Casings

Derek Hough Is the Latest on ‘Dancing With The Stars’ to Get COVID-19

'Monster's Ball' Child Star Coronji Calhoun Dead at 30

These Gamblers May Have Gotten More Than They Bargained For

1,200-Year-Old Canoe Pulled From Bottom of Lake in Wisconsin

Rusting Live Mortar Round Found in Ground in Missouri

Food Banks Hit Hard by Supply Chain Issues as They Prepare for Thanksgiving

105-Year-Old Louisiana Woman Sets Record With 100-Meter Run

Teen TikToker ‘SeanDoesMagic’ With 20 Million Followers Made Magic His Career

Mother of 14-Year-Old Jashyah Moore Arrested for Alleged Child Endangerment

8 Nursing Home Patients Dead, 67 Infected in Connecticut COVID-19 Outbreak

3D-Printed Meat That Grills Like Steak Could Be on Your Plate Soon

‘Bachelorette’ Star Ali Fedotowsky Manno Contracts Shingles at Just 37

'Rust' Crew Member Who Called 911 Is Suing Alec Baldwin With Gloria Allred’s Help

Stranded Cow Brought to Safety From Flood Waters by Being Pulled on a Jet Ski

Victim Disgusted That 20-Year-Old Christopher Belter Didn't Get Jail Time

Mourners gathered Sunday in Iceland for a memorial service for a glacier.

Tags:

Iceland Mourns Glacier Killed by Climate Change With 'Letter to the Future'

Iceland Holds a Funeral for 'Dead' Glacier Lost to Climate Change

Green Algae Beer Fights Climate Change by Reducing Methane Released by Cows

Seaweed in Cattle Feed May Fight Climate Change by Reducing Methane Emissions

Caused by Climate Change, Greenland’s Glacial Rock Flour Could Help Fight It

6-Year-Old Reunites With Special Teddy Bear She Lost a Year Ago at Glacier National Park

Ukrainian Welder Victor Mihalev Makes Art From Old Bomb Casings

Derek Hough Is the Latest on ‘Dancing With The Stars’ to Get COVID-19

'Monster's Ball' Child Star Coronji Calhoun Dead at 30

These Gamblers May Have Gotten More Than They Bargained For

1,200-Year-Old Canoe Pulled From Bottom of Lake in Wisconsin

Rusting Live Mortar Round Found in Ground in Missouri

Food Banks Hit Hard by Supply Chain Issues as They Prepare for Thanksgiving

105-Year-Old Louisiana Woman Sets Record With 100-Meter Run

Teen TikToker ‘SeanDoesMagic’ With 20 Million Followers Made Magic His Career

Mother of 14-Year-Old Jashyah Moore Arrested for Alleged Child Endangerment

8 Nursing Home Patients Dead, 67 Infected in Connecticut COVID-19 Outbreak

3D-Printed Meat That Grills Like Steak Could Be on Your Plate Soon

‘Bachelorette’ Star Ali Fedotowsky Manno Contracts Shingles at Just 37

'Rust' Crew Member Who Called 911 Is Suing Alec Baldwin With Gloria Allred’s Help

Stranded Cow Brought to Safety From Flood Waters by Being Pulled on a Jet Ski

Victim Disgusted That 20-Year-Old Christopher Belter Didn't Get Jail Time

Mourners gathered Sunday in Iceland for a memorial service for a glacier.

Tags:

Trending on Inside Edition