Tsunami and Global Warming Metaphors

Here are two more.

Metaphor for sea level rise due to global warming

Tsunami metaphor

Change is visible.

It is suggested that if you ran away when you saw them, you might not make it in time.

Consequences of change being "fast change" with "visible change" and "easy to understand change".

It is suggested that if you get involved, you will die.

I'll get away first.

The direction of escape is easy to see.

We're going to get to higher ground.

Metaphor for sea level rise

Gradually, "the place you used to live" turns into "a place unfit to live".

Change is visible.

Land turns into sea

We can run away.

This change will not kill you instantly.

Competition is on the run.

Not always enough resources

Basically, you don't have enough.

The only reason why that move has been available so far is because it's more inconvenient than the place it used to be.

We can't supply the same quality as before in the same quantity.

Those who arrive late will be competing for the remaining low quality resources.

Desertification Metaphor

Change Comes Slowly

Gradually, "the place you used to live" turns into "a place unfit to live".

Change is hard to see (↔ sea level rise metaphor)

It comes in a way that is difficult to understand: the efficiency of agricultural production is slowly decreasing and the frequency of problems is increasing.

There are those who can look at those individual events and notice the changes behind them, and there are those who concentrate on dealing with the individual events.

Individual concrete events and abstracted changes

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