This web portal is a collaborative effort by Icelandic institutes, agencies, companies, societies and private persons to display an overview of glaciological research and variations of Icelandic glaciers. The portal provides access to measurements, observations and photographs over an interactive map.
A click on the snowflake icons will bring up a description of each glacier including dimensions, measurements and a description of what rivers or other water bodies emerge from the glacier. There is also a measurement tab where you can see how much the area of each glacier has (in most cases) decreased over time.
You can also turn on the historical outlines of each glacier to see how they have shrunk over time from circa 1890 (yellow lines) to 2019 (red lines).
There is much more to explore including graphs, links and photos here.
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