![]() ![]() Since glaciers and snow reflect sunlight but sea water absorbs it, the more the ice melts, the more of the sun's energy is retained by the sea. This causes global warming, and there is a pass-along effect. We are taking energy stored over hundreds of millions of years in the form of coal, gas and oil, and releasing it suddenly. The primary man-made cause of global warming is the burning of fossil fuels. ![]() Then, in recent years, the graph turns up and keeps going up, higher and higher, off the chart. Gore stands in front of a graph showing the ups and downs of carbon dioxide over the centuries. It was once thought that such things went in cycles. Cores of polar ice show that carbon dioxide is much, much higher than ever before in a quarter of a million years. There are changes in the Gulf Stream and the jet stream. Hurricane Katrina passed over Florida, doubled back over the Gulf, picked up strength from unusually warm Gulf waters, and went from Category 3 to Category 5. Japan and the Pacific are setting records for typhoons. Last year South America experienced its first hurricane. He provides statistics: The 10 warmest years in history were in the last 14 years. Then he shows a series of later space photographs, clearly indicating that glaciers and lakes are shrinking, snows are melting, shorelines are retreating. He shows the famous photograph "Earthrise," taken from space by the first American astronauts. ![]() The documentary is based on a speech he has been developing for six years, and is supported by dramatic visuals. "An Inconvenient Truth.(Movie review)." Sight and Sound 16.9 (Sept 2006): 56(1).He stands on a stage before a vast screen, in front of an audience. "Climate emergency.(An Inconvenient Truth" IEEE Spectrum 43.8 (August 2006): 49(2). Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010. "The Rhetoric of Ascent in An Inconvenient Truth and Everything's Cool." In: Framing the world : explorations in ecocriticism and film / edited by Paula Willoquet-Maricondi. Full-text of this article / review is available:Berkeley users only "Al Gore.(Albert Gore)(documentary film 'An Inconvenient Truth')." Scientific American 295.6 (Dec 2006): 51(1). "Another inconvenient truth.(by Al Gore)(Critical essay)." Dissent 53.4 (Fall 2006): 95(2). "Al Gore Saves the universe.(Albert Gore Jr.)('An Inconvenient Truth')." The American Enterprise 17.6 (July-August 2006): 46(1). San Francisco Film Critics Circle - Best DocumentaryĪufderheide Pat "An 'inconvenient truth'." Cineaste 32 (1): 50- Full-text of this article / review is available:Berkeley users onlyĮpstein, Paul R. National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA - Best Non-Fiction Film Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film 96 min. Online Access through LFLFC.įeatures Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - Best Documentary Feature Released theatrically in 2006 program content, c2005. Burns and Leslie Chilcott An update with former Vice-President Al Gore. Special features: Commentary with director Davis Guggenheim Commentary with producers Laurie David, Lawrence Bender, Scott Z. Between lecture segments, Gore discusses his personal commitment to the environment, sharing anecdotes from his experiences. Former Vice President Al Gore explains the facts of global warming, presents arguments that the dangers of global warning have reached the level of crisis, and addresses the efforts of certain interests to discredit the anti-global warming cause. ![]()
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