Climate change is in our hands

In Jokulsarlon, Iceland, ice up to thousands of years old calves from Breidamerkurjokull an outlet glacier of Vatnajokull, Europe's largest icecap. Over the last ~100 years, Breidamerkurjokull has been retreating at rates of tens of meters per year. Jokulsarlon is a popular geotourism site where we are able to get up close to glacial ice and experience first hand how vulnerable the world's glaciers and ice caps are. If anthropogenic global warming continues unchecked, sites such as these will disappear. We have a responsibility to care for and conserve our ice caps. Their fate lies in our hands.