People tend to focus on the here and now. The problem is that, once global warming is something that most people can feel in the course of their daily lives, it will be too late to prevent much larger, potentially catastrophic changes.
~ Elizabeth Kolbert (American journalist – author)
original painting – private collection – Memphis, TN – USA – “The Dip”
watercolor, wax, rice paper, sewn • 24″H x 24″W • © Lisa Rivas
All across the world, in every kind of environment and region known to man, increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or not climate change is real. Not only is it real, it’s here, and its effects are giving rise to a frighteningly new global phenomenon: the man-made natural disaster. BARACK OBAMA, speech, Apr. 3, 2006
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