Question

Guide Questions:
1. What most likely affects the topography of Iceland?

2.What is likely going to happen to the topography of Iceland in the future?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Iceland, island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean. Lying on the constantly active geologic border between North America and Europe.

Explanation:

Iceland is a land of vivid contrasts of climate, geography, and culture. Sparkling glaciers, such as Vatna Glacier (Vatnajökull), Europe’s largest, lie across its ruggedly beautiful mountain ranges; abundant hot geysers provide heat for many of the country’s homes and buildings and allow for hothouse agriculture year-round; and the offshore Gulf Stream provides a surprisingly mild climate for what is one of the northernmost inhabited places on the planet.

Answer 2

1. Iceland's terrain is most likely to be influenced by global warming, as rising temperatures cause ice to melt and water levels to rise.

• Iceland is a small island nation in western Europe and is home to Reykjavik, the world's northernmost capital.
• Eleven percent of the country is surrounded by water and covered in glacial ice. The area is a plateau with mountain peaks and ice fields, with fjords that are deep inlets created by glaciers, marking the coastline.
• Iceland is located between the Greenland Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.

2. Rising ocean levels and melting ice might be disastrous for Iceland if global warming continues.

• Almost all of Iceland's glaciers are melting, and geologists anticipate that they will vanish entirely in the next 100 to 200 years.
• Ocean acidification, which could have a significant influence, on the marine ecosystem, is of particular concern to Iceland.