Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has extracted 30 blocks of glacial ice from the waters surrounding Greenland and placed them in public spaces across London where they will be left to melt.

Called Ice Watch the temporary installation is meant to serve as a visual reminder of the impact of climate change on the environment.

The hunks of ice are scattered across two locations. There are 24 in a circular grove outside Tate Modern and six additional blocks outside the Bloomberg headquarters in the City of London.

埃利亚松希望该项目将“给没有感情的事物赋予感情” ， 并鼓励“大型企业、国家、以及私营部门和大公司”采取行动 。

艺术家告诉Dezeen的记者：“这太抽象了 ， 它离格陵兰岛那么远 ， 它就在我们的身边 ， 就在我们的大脑里 。 我只是想改变我们对气候的抽象印象 ， 并让我们的身临其境的体会一下 。 ”