August 18, 2019 - NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) recently released photos showing that due to the rising global temperature, the okjokull glacier in Iceland has gradually subsided in the past three decades and has now almost completely disappeared. It is reported that okjokull glacier is melting throughout the 20th century. In 2014, okjokull glacier was cancelled.
NASA satellites have been tracking the melting of okjokull glacier for the past three decades. Photos taken in 1986 show that okjokull glacier is a pure white area. It is reported that a geological map in 1901 showed that okjokull glacier covers an area of about 38 square kilometers, while aerial photography in 1978 showed that the glacier covers an area of 3 square kilometers. In the latest photo taken this month, okjokull glacier is left with only sporadic thin ice. NASA experts said that this year, Europe was hit by a heat wave, which exacerbated the melting of okjokull glacier.