Our Hourglass

May 7th, 2013 by Zachary Shahan

Below is a great visual one of readers just passed on to us. I think we posted it a long time ago, but I’m not entirely sure if that was here or on a different site. For sure, many of you haven’t seen it. And for those of us who have, I think it’s worth checking out again, and worth sharing!

Image source unknown.

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Tags: climate hourglass, Global Weirding, Global Weirding, Infographics, no post, time

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Amber

I live on the optimistic side of things…and, this is a powerful
image. Those lonely tree stumps tug at my heart. Thanks for the re-play, it’s
new to me.
Ali

The image copyright notice at the bottom says it’s c2008 Ferdi Rizkiyanto.
Ross

Is that a penguin on the rapidly melting berg? They’re only in the southern hemisphere.
- agelbert
  
  I think the top of the hourglass is a time metaphor, not a place analogy.
- Bob_Wallace
  
  We need to deal with the possibility of both ends melting. The Arctic just got a head start….
  - Ross
    
    Indeed.