We are an ostrich with its head in the sand.
All by ourselves.
Pretending doesn't make climate change go away.
#climatecliff

There is no #climateCliff where all damage is done by crossing one boundary. If we react even later, the #consequences will be worse. It is still “sane” to #act earlier, even when some serious damage can’t be avoided. Don’t give up #hope!

Abseiling down the climate cliff metaphor - Making Science Public Since its very beginning in the 1980s, public discourse about climate change has been structured by metaphors. We had the greenhouse effect, the carbon footprint, the hockey stick, the tipping point, and we also had climategate; and to these metaphors we can now add the ‘climate cliff’ (which one can almost see as an upside ...

Just looking at old blog post from 2012 and thinking, we are over that cliff now! #climatecliff
blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/makingsciencepublic/2012...

.@SenWhitehouse calls out GOP for pushing us off the #climatecliff. Let's focus on the real crisis! act.engagementlab.org/signup/climate_cliff_sen... via @ForecastFacts

What would happen if Thelma & Louise drove a Prius toward the #climate cliff? #USGBC #green RT tag #climatecliff http://t.co/WmDVwjC0