Iceland: The great thaw
Iceland's glaciers are melting and scientists predict that they could all be gone in 200 years. Maria Margaronis explores how this is affecting the lives of local people.
Iceland's glaciers are melting at an unprecedented rate, with scientists predicting that they could all be gone 200 years from now. How is this affecting the lives of local people, and the identity of a nation that has ice in its name?
Maria Margaronis talks to Icelandic farmers and fishermen, scientists and environmental activists about their (sometimes surprising) responses to climate change, and asks why it鈥檚 so difficult even for those who see its effects from their windows every day to take in what it means.
Producer: Richard Fenton-Smith
(Image: Glacier lagoon with icebergs, Vatnajokull, Iceland. Credit: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Last on
More episodes
Broadcasts
- Boxing Day 2019 13:32GMT主播大秀 World Service except News Internet
- Boxing Day 2019 18:06GMT主播大秀 World Service Australasia
- Boxing Day 2019 21:06GMT主播大秀 World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Boxing Day 2019 23:06GMT主播大秀 World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Fri 27 Dec 2019 02:32GMT主播大秀 World Service except West and Central Africa
- Fri 27 Dec 2019 03:32GMT主播大秀 World Service West and Central Africa
- Sat 28 Dec 2019 16:06GMT主播大秀 World Service News Internet
Download this programme
Subscribe to this programme or download individual episodes