“From wherever the emissions come, they have the same effect: They trap much more heat from the sun, melt the ice, raise the sea level, cause stronger storms, floods, drought, bigger fires, generate millions of climate refugees, destabilize political systems, threaten the growing of food crops and cause a number of other catastrophic consequences which, taken together, threaten the basis for the future of human civilization on the Earth.” HumansEarthTogetherPoliticalCausesLevelsNumbersMillionsSunTakenFireGrowingSeaEffectsCivilizationConsequenceBasesBiggerStrongerRaisesClimateStormIceHeatFloodTrapsRefugeeCropsEmissionsPolitical SystemsDroughtHuman Civilization Author:Al Gore
“I just saw Titanic, which is a $200 million film about a real-life disaster at sea, but according to Hollywood Logic, none of the actual passengers was interesting enough, so the writer-director had to invent a Romeo and Juliet-style fictional couple to heat up the catastrophe. This seems a tiny bit like giving Anne Frank a wacky best friend, to perk up that attic.” GivingRealEnoughSeemsFilmBitsInterestingMillionsSawsSeaStyleCoupleDirectorsLogicHollywoodTinyDisasterReal LifeHeatFrankCatastrophePassengersJulietPerksAtticsWacky Author:Paul Rudnick
“We need the science to continue. The heat, the storms, the sea level rise, the Arctic melting. These are all real facts that over time will sink in. The question is, will that be two years, or five years or 10 years?” NeedsYearsTwoRealFactsLevelsFiveSeaStormHeatFive YearsTwo YearsMeltingArcticSea Level Rise Author:Jerry Brown
“Climate change is a global problem. The planet is warming because of the growing level of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity. If this trend continues, truly catastrophic consequences are likely to ensue from rising sea levels, to reduced water availability, to more heat waves and fires.” IfsHumansProblemWaterLevelsFireGrowingSeaPlanetsActivityConsequenceClimateClimate ChangeWaveHeatRisingGasTrendsEmissionsHuman ActivityGreenhousesAvailabilityGreenhouse GasesHeat Wave Author:Malcolm Turnbull
“She had witnessed the world's most beautiful things, and allowed herself to grow old and unlovely. She had felt the heat of a leviathan's roar, and the warmth within a cat's paw. She had conversed with the wind and had wiped soldier's tears. She had made people see, she'd seen herself in the sea. Butterflies had landed on her wrists, she had planted trees. She had loved, and let love go. So she smiled.” PeopleWorldMadeBeautifulGrowsFeltTreeSeaTearsWindCatSoldierHeatWarmthButterflyBeautiful ThingsWristsPawsLeviathan Book:The Ghost's Child Source: The Ghost's Child
“A kiss about apple pie a la mode with the vanilla creaminess melting in the pie heat. A kiss about chocolate, when you haven't eaten chocolate in a year. A kiss about palm trees speeding by, trailing pink clouds when you drive down the Strip sizzling with champagne. A kiss about spotlights fanning the sky and the swollen sea spilling like tears all over your legs.” YearsTreeSeaSkyHavensTearsKissingCloudsLegsHeatApplesChocolatePiePalmsMeltingChampagneSpotlightVanillaSpeedingSwollenSpillingPalm TreesApple PieSizzling Book:Weetzie Bat Source: Weetzie Bat