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The ice blocks were harvested from a fjord in Greenland, shipped to Denmark in four refrigerated containers and now sit in front of the Town Hall, where they are slowly melting as a reminder of the receding ice cap. <\/p>\n<p>Behind the installation &#8216;Ice Watch&#8217; is Danish-Icelandic artist, Olafur Eliasson, and geologist and University of Copenhagen (UCPH) professor, Minik Rosing.<\/p>\n<p>The project marks the meeting in Copenhagen of the IPCC, the body of the United Nations reporting on climate change, that is due to release its Fifth Assessment Report later this week. The project also coincides with a large <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/article\/iaru-2014-sustainability-science-congress-your-tweets\" target=\"_blank\">UCPH-organised IARU sustainability congress<\/a> which was held last week.<\/p>\n<h2>Experience climate change<\/h2>\n<p>Eliasson and Rosing hope that the ability to the melting ice will make people more aware of the reality of climate change and provoke action.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Ice Watch makes the climate challenges we are facing tangible,&#8221; says Eliasson, who is known for large-scale artwork that is inspired by science and natural landscapes. <\/p>\n<p>&#8221;I hope that people will touch the inland ice on City Hall Square and be touched by it. 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