Hundreds gathered over the weekend to climb a mountain and hold a funeral for a dwindling glacier in Switzerland being lost due to the impact of climate change.
About 250 people hiked up to the glacier on Sunday and held a funeral as a priest gave a speech to commemorate the disappearing ice, according to CNN. Many in attendance were dressed in formal, black funeral attire.
CNN reports the Pizol glacier in the Glarus Alps has lost roughly 80 to 90 percent of its volume since 2006, according to Matthias Huss, a glacier specialist at ETH Zurich university.
Huss told the news outlet there are only 26,000 square meters of ice left in the glacier and it will be the first glacier in the country to be taken off the Swiss glacier surveillance network.
“Pizol glacier has disappeared. There will be some snow left, but the glacier is no more,” he added. “There are several small pieces of ice lying around, but these pieces are increasingly being covered by rock debris from the mountain. But given what is left of it, we will no longer term it a glacier in scientific terms.”
I believe ancient mankind was smarter than this and actually celebrated the retreat of glaciers indicating the end of the ice age. Ushering in the era of easier growing of crops with more days of warmer temperatures, at the expense of more difficult intercontinental travel after sea level rose about 410 feet.
I’m guessing a Sno-Cone booth for refreshments would be inappropriate?
Joe Biden: “I’d like 15 Minutes alone with Greta”
Media: “To talk about Global Warming?”
Joe Biden: “What?”
Yes, they wore black which drew more heat to themselves and accelerated the melting of the beloved glacier they were morning.
Idiots!
Did they fly in on algore’s private air force? 🙄
How much trash did they leave behind? These kind of people always leave piles of trash in their wake for someone else to clean up.
Glaciers come and go. Just like they need to do.
Mommy,
Where do glaciers come from?
Helped me quit drinking. Couldn’t handle all the grief from the icecubes melting.
My cousin, when she was 2 years old, cried when Frosty the Snowman melted.
We told her he’ll be back next winter. She got over it.
These people are mental cases.
Set the Wayback Machine for 10,000 BC, snowflakes.
Plenty of glaciers. Also mastodons, dire wolves and sabertooths to keep you amused.
Enjoy your rodent-skin tutus.
Sleep tight. Don’t let the permafrost bite!
Different Tim, oh, no! I have four melting ice cubes in my ice tea! Let’s hold a funeral for our dearly departed cubes!
*sniff*
I thought they wanted ICE to go away. Make up your addled TDS minds.