Set on the summit of the Hochjochferner glacier in the Italian Alps, the latest artwork by artist Olafur Eliasson invites visitors to see manmade climate change from wider "planetary and glacial perspectives".
The installation is designed to resemble an outsized, walk-in version of an armillary sphere ? a model of the universe dating back to antiquity, in which interlocking brass rings are arranged into a globe to represent the movement of different celestial bodies around the Earth.
The main pavilion is modelled after an armillary sphere
Called Our Glacial Perspectives, the pavilion is to intended to turn global warming from an abstract concept to something tangible and immediate.
"The location brings the visitor into contact with a glacier that is directly threatened by climate change," Sebastian Behmann, the head of Studio Olafur Eliasson's design department, told Dezeen. "There is a good deal of evidence suggesting that direct experience is more effective in convincing us of the reality of climate change than reading about something from afar."

The reality is that since 1850, alpine glaciers have lost 40 per cent of their surface area and half of their volume, reducing their ability to reflect sunlight back into space and further accelerating warming.
As a result, temperatures in the Alps have warmed by two degrees Celcius over the last century, while global temperatures have only risen by one degree.
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