Artist melting 100 tonnes of Greenland ice to warn people about melting ice
Digital Reporter
Monday, October 27, 2014, 4:23 PM -
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has harvested 100 tonnes of ice from a fjord in Greenland and transported it to Copenhagen's City Hall Square to alert the public about climate change.
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The blocks, which have been arranged in a clock formation, will be on display until Wednesday.
Eliasson worked with geologist Minik Rosing to create the installation, which has been dubbed 'Ice Watch'.
According to the duo, the 100 tonnes of ice is equivalent to the amount of ice that melts every hundredth of a second due to climate change.
"Ice Watch makes the climate challenges we are facing tangible," Eliasson says in a statement.
"I hope that people will touch the inland ice on City Hall Square and be touched by it. We are all part of the 'global we'; we must all work together to ensure a stable climate for future generations."
Photos courtesy of Olafur Eliasson/Ice Watch
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