▁planet ▁spir aling ▁toward ▁cat ast roph ic ▁consequences ▁" has ▁become ▁a ▁literal ▁one ". ▁Initial ly , ▁Haw kins ▁pos ited ▁that ▁the ▁graph ic ▁reson ated ▁because ▁it ▁" does n ’ t ▁require ▁any ▁complex ▁interpretation ". ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁paper , ▁Haw kins ▁et ▁al . ▁further ▁sur m ised ▁that ▁the ▁design ▁and ▁communication ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁graph ic ▁reson ated ▁with ▁view ers ▁for ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁reasons , ▁including : ▁ ▁its ▁selection ▁to ▁graph ▁temperature ▁( a ▁quantity ▁that ▁the ▁public ▁feels ▁is ▁relevant ▁and ▁understand able ), ▁ ▁its ▁production ▁by ▁scient ists ▁( who ▁tend ▁to ▁be ▁viewed ▁as ▁" tr usted ▁mess engers "), ▁ ▁its ▁being ▁intuit ive ▁and ▁eye - catch ing ▁( not ▁a ▁" bor ing " ▁scientific ▁graph ), ▁ ▁its ▁similarity ▁to ▁a ▁clock ▁( which ▁is ▁normally ▁regular ▁and ▁predict able ▁but ▁which ▁provides ▁a ▁" visual ▁surprise " ▁at ▁the ▁end , ▁port ray ing ▁the ▁" fort uit ous " ▁large ▁temperature ▁increases ▁encountered ▁very ▁recently ), ▁ ▁its ▁animated ▁nature ▁( not ▁a ▁static ▁graph ), ▁and ▁ ▁its ▁short ▁duration ▁( hold ing ▁view ers ' ▁attention ). ▁The ▁paper ▁further ▁noted ▁that ▁sharing ▁the ▁graph ic ▁on ▁social ▁media ▁allowed ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁" consum ed ▁within ▁the ▁social ▁media ▁b ubble ▁rather ▁than ▁requiring ▁a ▁journey ▁to ▁another ▁website ", ▁allowing ▁it ▁to ▁be ▁" sub sequently ▁ampl ified ▁by ▁journal ists ,