There’s an adage that says “if you live long enough you’ll see everything,” and that certainly applies to this story:

Iceland just held a funeral for its first ever glacier lost to climate change. https://t.co/VmuXbLH0pV pic.twitter.com/CCdASlreMo — LADbible (@ladbible) August 19, 2019

Really? Yep, really:

Mock funeral held for Icelandic glacier lost to climate change https://t.co/qyenfxf2Pt pic.twitter.com/mbSZTSAUvy — The Hill (@thehill) August 19, 2019

Mourners are gathering in Iceland to commemorate the loss of Okjokull, a 700-year-old glacier https://t.co/PrWV43sbDk pic.twitter.com/dqhsc8w3Xu — BBC World Service (@bbcworldservice) August 18, 2019

Officials and climate change activists hold a funeral for the Okjokull glacier in Iceland https://t.co/2xHACnCpT6 pic.twitter.com/RoRMDHwCvC — TIME (@TIME) August 19, 2019

Judging from some of the replies to stories about that, there were many more in mourning than just showed up for the “service” in Iceland. Elsewhere, it was pretty much a “WTF” moment:

LMAO — JWF (@JammieWF) August 19, 2019

We live in incredibly stupid times. https://t.co/C5ds2RxsfJ — Ken Gardner (@KenGardner11) August 19, 2019



What’s not being explained is the reason the glacier wasn’t there before 700 years ago.

Wait, what?!: The glacier "has died at the age of about 700". If CO2 is the glacier control knob, why was this glacier only 700 years old? Why wasn't there a glacier there when CO2 was lower just over 700 years ago? #ClimateReality https://t.co/5Xsh8XnaB4 — Tom Nelson (@tan123) August 19, 2019

Hmm. It’s almost as if these things are cyclical.

Did they think it would be there forever? What historical bases do that have to assume glaciers don’t melt? Ever? — Kittie ??????? (@Flkittie) August 19, 2019