On the Brink: Niagara Falls a Metaphor for Abrupt Climate Change
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#ClimateChange #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #climate #climatestrike #GlobalWarming #weather #USA #Canada #ottawa
Standing on the brink of Niagara Falls is a perfectly apt metaphor for abrupt climate change. At this point in time, humanity is teetering on the brink of the cliff, and is poised to plunge over the Falls without even a rudimentary barrel...
The power of nature comes into focus when one is next to the brink, and our mind imagines the fear we would feel if we were a few yards away from our location on the observation lookout and in the river instead, being swept along by the swift water...
...and approaching that point of no return on the cliff face. That exact feeling has been common to many climate scientists for many years, but now, at least, scientists are getting a lot of company from many people in the public. Will we change our course. Will it help?
Will we change our course? Will it help, or are we destined to plunge over the brink into the abyss?
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