▁the ▁" mes mer izing " ▁G IF ▁was ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁clear est ▁visual izations ▁of ▁global ▁war ming " ▁he ▁had ▁ever ▁seen . ▁ ▁The ▁following ▁day ▁( 1 0 ▁May ), ▁Jason ▁Sam en ow ▁wrote ▁in ▁The ▁Washington ▁Post ▁that ▁the ▁spir al ▁graph ▁was ▁" the ▁most ▁comp elling ▁global ▁war ming ▁visual ization ▁ever ▁made ", ▁and , ▁like wise , ▁former ▁Cl imate ▁Central ▁senior ▁science ▁writer ▁Andrew ▁Fre ed man ▁wrote ▁in ▁M ash able ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁" the ▁most ▁comp elling ▁climate ▁change ▁visual ization ▁we ’ ve ▁ever ▁seen ". ▁Michael ▁E . ▁Mann , ▁cre ator ▁of ▁the ▁Hockey ▁stick ▁graph , ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁spir al ▁graph ic ▁was ▁" an ▁interesting ▁and ▁worth while ▁approach ▁to ▁representing ▁the ▁data ▁graph ically ", ▁and ▁P RI ' s ▁Tim othy ▁Mc Gr ath ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁spir al ▁was ▁" a ▁simple , ▁elegant ▁illustr ation ▁of ▁a ▁dark ▁history ▁and ▁a ▁potentially ▁ter r ifying ▁future ". ▁ ▁In ▁Business Green , ▁environmental ▁journalist ▁James ▁Murray ▁pra ised ▁the ▁graph ic ' s ▁" e leg ant ▁simplicity ", ▁as ser ting ▁that ▁" the ▁mistakes , ▁mis inter pret ations , ▁and ▁mis information ▁contained ▁in ▁so ▁many ▁climate ▁s cept ic ▁arguments ▁are ▁steam roller ed ▁by ▁the ▁straightforward ▁force ▁of ▁this ▁spir al ". ▁▁ ▁On ▁ 1 1 ▁May , ▁Chris ▁Mo oney ▁wrote ▁in ▁The ▁Washington ▁Post ▁that , ▁with ▁his ▁"