冰島爲消逝的冰川舉行"追悼會"

RIP, Okjokull glacier.

安息吧，奧克冰川。

Iceland on Sunday honors the passing of Okjokull, as scientists warn that some 400 others on the subarctic island risk the same fate.

上週日（8月18日），冰島爲奧克冰川的消逝舉行紀念儀式。科學家警告說，冰島還有大約400座冰川面臨相同的命運。

With a theme of fighting climate change, about 100 Icelanders have said farewell to what once was a glacier. Scientists said it was the first of Iceland's glaciers to disappear because of climate change.

大約100名冰島人爲這座“死亡”的冰川舉行了告別儀式，這場活動的主題是應對氣候變化。科學家們表示，這是冰島第一座因氣候變化而消失的冰川。

About 100 years ago, the glacier covered almost 6 square miles of a mountainside in western Iceland and measured more than 160 feet thick.

大約100年前，這座冰川覆蓋了冰島西部約6平方英里（約合15.5平方公里）的山坡，厚度超過160英尺（約合48.8米）。

A plaque has been installed at the site of the former glacier, which reads: "In the next 200 years, all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it."

人們在這座冰川曾經的所在地豎起了紀念碑，上面寫道：“在未來的200年裏，所有的冰川都將步其後塵。設立這座紀念碑是爲了承認，我們知道正在發生什麼，需要做什麼。只有你知道我們是否做到了。”

The plaque bears the inscription "A letter to the future," and is intended to raise awareness about the decline of glaciers and the effects of climate change.

紀念碑碑文題爲“給未來的一封信”，旨在提高人們對冰川消融和氣候變化影響的認識。

It is also labelled "415 ppm CO2," referring to the record level of carbon dioxide measured in the atmosphere in May.

碑文還刻有“415 ppm CO2”，指的是5月份測量出的創紀錄的大氣二氧化碳含量。

In 1890, the glacier ice covered 16 square kilometres but by 2012, it measured just 0.7 square kilometres, according to a report from the University of Iceland from 2017.

2017年冰島大學發佈的報告稱，在1890年，奧克冰川佔地達16平方公里，但在2012年，冰川面積僅剩0.7平方公里。

In 2014, "we made the decision that this was no longer a living glacier, it was only dead ice, it was not moving," Oddur Sigurdsson, a glaciologist with the Icelandic Meteorological Office, told AFP.

冰島氣象局的冰川學家奧杜爾·西古德鬆告訴法新社說，在2014年，“我們確定這個冰川不復存在，已經‘死亡’，它不再移動了。”

According to a study published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)in April, nearly half of the world's heritage sites could lose their glaciers by 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current rate.

根據世界自然保護聯盟今年4月份發表的一項研究，如果溫室氣體繼續以目前的速度排放，到2100年，近半數世界遺產地的冰川將在2100年以前消失。

Sigurdsson said he feared "that nothing can be done to stop it."

西古德鬆說，他擔心“人類對此無能爲力”。

Residents Sunday reminisced about drinking pure water thousands of years old from Okjokull.

當地居民當日回憶說，這裏的人們飲用來自奧克冰川的純淨水已有幾千年。

"The symbolic death of a glacier is a warning to us, and we need action," former Irish president Mary Robinson said.

“冰川的象徵性死亡是對我們的警告，我們需要採取行動，”愛爾蘭前總統瑪麗·羅賓遜說。

"We see the consequences of the climate crisis," Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir said. "We have no time to lose."

冰島總理卡特琳·雅各布斯多蒂爾說：“我們看到了氣候危機的後果。我們沒有時間可以浪費了。”