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On time and water | Andri Snær Magnason

Take action on climate change at . Over the next 200 years, we can expect all of the Earth’s glaciers to disappear — unless we act now, says writer Andri Snær Magnason. Telling the story of the Okjökull glacier in Iceland, the first glacier lost to climate change, Magnason explains why we need to start…

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Over the next 200 years, we can expect all of the Earth’s glaciers to disappear — unless we act now, says writer Andri Snær Magnason. Telling the story of the Okjökull glacier in Iceland, the first glacier lost to climate change, Magnason explains why we need to start connecting to the future in a more intimate, urgent way in order to stabilize the Earth for generations to come.

This talk was part of the Countdown Global Launch on 10.10.2020. (Watch the full event: .) Countdown is TED’s global initiative to accelerate solutions to the climate crisis. The goal: to build a better future by cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, in the race to a zero-carbon world. Get involved at

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24 Comments

  1. Bo 2. 4 U

    October 22, 2020 at 8:18 pm

    64 years ago. WOW!!

  2. Bo 2. 4 U

    October 22, 2020 at 8:19 pm

    From Cleveland Ohio. We here U!!

  3. Emir Şeyh

    October 22, 2020 at 8:44 pm

    I am a young pianist I am making youtube videoss if you want you can support me by liking my last video if you want 🙂

  4. thinkabout

    October 22, 2020 at 8:48 pm

    Climate change is now exponential because of feedback loops. We do not have 20 years or even 10 years and the people who are telling us we have time to turn it around are delusional.

  5. pumpkin&chow

    October 22, 2020 at 9:22 pm

    We all need to do our part to save this planet for the children

  6. TheVigilante2000

    October 22, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    Glaciers are overrated. All they do is make icebergs, and we know how many people that kills each year.

  7. Nature Owns

    October 22, 2020 at 10:29 pm

    That’s all you can say??? Alright I’m out

  8. Amanda Smith

    October 22, 2020 at 10:51 pm

    As u say. We have know for a long time we have to change but. Economics drives our world. I’m in new zealand and still we allow company’s and business to continue pouring plastics and pollution into our country

  9. Gramil Wolf

    October 22, 2020 at 10:55 pm

    Oh dear more emotional garbage. Glaciers were growing in the 70’s, retreating around the 30/40’s. They respond to the earth temperature which is cyclical. Up and down, up and down as it has been for thousands of years. So this guy is paid by organisations that want the narrative to be future doom – unless we destroy our economies by getting rid of fossil fuels.
    Listen up……!!! Regardless of what we do, the earth will warm and cool for the next million years. But this guy and his pals will have made a lot of cash by scaring us and trashing our industry. LOOK AT THE FACTS. View Tony Heller on You Tube and NEW Tube. Stop being duped. The world currently is getting cooler – look up the FACTS for yourself. By the way, last winter most glaciers were GROWING. Honest! And finally…the population of Polar Bears is growing to record levels. No more fake news.

  10. Alex Skeens

    October 22, 2020 at 11:35 pm

    Thats soo true

  11. Powderhound

    October 22, 2020 at 11:48 pm

    Excellent powerful video. Preaching to the choir. I agree wholeheartedly.

  12. That's_Mr_Ass_To_You

    October 23, 2020 at 12:27 am

    I’ve noticed that these Ted talks attract a lot of bullshitters to come speak.

  13. Luke

    October 23, 2020 at 2:31 am

    “ENoUGh! diS BEeN haPPEnInG SiNcE ALL oF EaRThS hiStORy!”

  14. Jamaican Princess1974

    October 23, 2020 at 3:12 am

    I liked this Ted and your Grandmother looks beautiful as well.

  15. Civil Engineering Q&A

    October 23, 2020 at 4:06 am

    I live TED

  16. Antonio Usai

    October 23, 2020 at 7:57 am

    Icelandic language is amazing, I love his accent even when he’s speaking English.

  17. Stefan Nikola

    October 23, 2020 at 9:16 am

    He’s a cutie.

  18. Si PieMan

    October 23, 2020 at 12:00 pm

    This isn’t a proper TED subject.

    • Michael Haggerty

      October 24, 2020 at 5:56 am

      I would be interested in seeing you explain why you say that this isn’t a proper TED subject.

  19. LummyTum

    October 23, 2020 at 5:33 pm

    I blame capitalism.

  20. Invox

    October 23, 2020 at 11:01 pm

    “ONE degree is the diference between water… and ice.” – someone once said.

  21. Terry Wheelock

    October 24, 2020 at 10:32 am

    The ship has already struck the ICEBERG! It is gonna go down …… the ONLY thing that future generations can do is SURVIVE until they can start over or enjoy their passing into extinction!

  22. Breathing

    October 24, 2020 at 4:51 pm

    I have no patience no more, I am starting to feel only rage towards ignorance concerning this issue as we witness it from people like Donald Trump

  23. Maricene Crus

    October 24, 2020 at 7:16 pm

    Simply beautiful!

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Can art help us usefully address polarizing issues such as gender, abortion or race? In a performance of “Faces of X” — a series that seeks to reframe culture-war clashes — actor Bill Heck stages different sides of a debate between capitalism’s champions and its critics, illuminating a new way to grapple with complex realities.…

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Can art help us usefully address polarizing issues such as gender, abortion or race? In a performance of “Faces of X” — a series that seeks to reframe culture-war clashes — actor Bill Heck stages different sides of a debate between capitalism’s champions and its critics, illuminating a new way to grapple with complex realities. After the performance, creator Stephanie Lepp offers three questions we should all ask to move to clear perspective and new understanding. (Recorded at TED2025 on April 9, 2025)

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Sometimes feeding just one child can seem challenging. Not for entrepreneur Wawira Njiru, who’s gone from serving lunch to 25 children from a makeshift kitchen to establishing her nonprofit, Food4Education, as a cornerstone of Kenya’s school meals system. Currently serving half a million meals to children every day, she’s now thinking even bigger. Hear about…

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The US political system is broken — and the solution might be in the palm of your hands, says political strategist Bradley Tusk. Drawing on his deep experience with government and technology, he makes the case for allowing Americans to vote on their phones, explaining how it can be done safely and securely. Learn why mobile voting could be the best way to increase voter turnout, reduce political extremism and save our broken democracy. (Recorded at TED2025 on April 10, 2025)

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