... in nature, and etc. Fact or Fiction An Inconvenient Truth presents ex vice- president Al Gore and his passion to help save our planet. This documentary attempts to impact American citizens through factual evidence about the reality of global warming and that it is caused by the actions of ... United States and also ran for President and lost in the 2000 presidential elections. The documentary focuses on a global issue which threatens our planet: global warming along with the causes and the frightening possible effects of this unwanted process. While bringing some undeniable proofs and a...

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... reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on Earth. Our vision is to build a future in which people live in harmony with nature. We seek to save a planet, a world of life. Reconciling the needs of human beings and the needs of others that share the Earth, we seek to practice conservation that is humane in the broadest sense ... existence isn't threatening any other species. However, when extinction stops being a natural process and starts occurring as a result of human activities, we risk losing the diversity and beauty of our planet forever. In addition to the obvious f...

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... doubt this atmospheric buildup of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases It's well accepted by scientists that greenhouse gases trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere and tend to warm the planet. By increasing the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, human activities are strengthening Earth's natural greenhouse effect. The key greenhouse gases emitted by human activities remain in the atmosphere ... the U.S., the types of offices we use, how our food is grown, and other factors. The effects of global warming and a changing climate will not be felt equally across our planet. Reg...

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... Earth must radiate heat to space. Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) absorb a part of this heat energy and radiate it back to the surface of the planet, trapping it in the lower atmosphere (troposphere). This process raises the temperature of the atmosphere near the Earth, which in turn raises sea level, increases evaporation and precipitation to affect ... global cloud cover; and thereby alters the distribution of climate across the surface of the planet. An increase in average global temperature of 0.7 C has already been measured, and present rates of emissio...

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... life on Earth. Lovelock saw in this project, that maybe the atmosphere of Mars caused there to be no life on it. There is a difference between the atmosphere of a living planet, and one of a dead one. James Lovelock wrote a book about his hypothesis of Gaia in 1979 called, Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth. The book suggested that " the physical ... greenhouse gas emissions about seven to nine percent lower by the year 2008-2012. The United States agreed to seven percent. This is a great way in starting to save our planet. We can prevent water pollution by not pouring anything into our ...

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... that it is not possible to link any one particular extreme weather event to climate change. Despite the daze about what is causing extreme weather, it is clear that the planet is warming up and we are seeing severe weather all around the world. Records kept by the International Disaster Database indicate that the number of floods and windstorm disasters has ... that certain weather events will become more frequent, widespread and intense as climate changes. The 'National Geographic' say that extreme weather is caused by 'rotten luck and a warmer planet' in an article published...

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