The impact of climate change on Iceland's Vatnajokull Glacier

REYKJAVIK, ICELAND - FEBRUARY 23: Tourists visit the Vatnajokull Glacier, where the glacier meets the mainland and the lake it forms, highlighting the effects of global warming as it melts, located about 200 km south of the capital Reykjavík, Iceland on February 23, 2025. Iceland, located between Europe and Greenland, has the largest glacier masses in Europe, covering about 10% of its land. These glaciers attract many tourists, but climate change and global warming are causing them to retreat, melting into the ocean or forming lagoons. (Photo by Evrim Aydin/Anadolu via Getty Images)