oceans

Got your attention?  The purpose of the museum’s Climate Change Exhibition is to raise public awareness of global warming. That’s also the objective of this 1.5-ton floating sculpture, and frankly, we can’t imagine a more effective way to have accomplished exactly that.  After all, the polar bear’s the poster mammal  for a warming planet, and this big bear and her cub are on thinner ice than ever:  summer sea ice cover in the Arctic continues to shrink.  The sculpture was commissioned by Eden, a new British television channel devoted to the natural world, to coincide with the launch of its Fragile Earth series.  Inspired use of public art, or just a clever PR stunt —  what do you think?