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Iceland Glaciological Society (Jöklarannsóknafélag Íslands)

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Nearly a Century of Watching Iceland's Glaciers Retreat

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🇮🇸 Iceland

Volunteer scientists and citizen photographers keep Iceland's century-long glacier record alive, walking out to the same ice edges every year to measure how far they've retreated.

35terminiGlacier termini measured annually nationwide
1,930yearContinuous glacier terminus monitoring running since
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