... warming. Because of this, the film has come under attack. Right-wing talk show host Glenn Beck compared An Inconvenient Truth, to Nazi propaganda. Holman Jenkins wrote in the Wall Street Journal: "Mr. Gore's narrative isn't science, but science fiction."  The movie presents scientific concepts and evidence about global warming in a clear, concise and often entertaining way. It features ... ...

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... getting warmer on its own, but many of the world's leading scientists think that things people do are helping to make the Earth warmer. Scientists are sure about the green house effect. They know that greenhouse gases make the Earth warmer by trapping energy in the atmosphere. Global warming refers to an average increase in the Earth's temperature, which in turn ... ...

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... effect. Unfortunately this effect has nothing to do with greenhouses the name is an unfortunate misnomer. A greenhouse stays warm by preventing convection between the outside and the inside of the house. The atmosphere of the earth actually facilitates convection. What the term "greenhouse effect" actually describes is the way in which atmospheric gases absorb radiation from the earth. The atmospheric gases ... ...

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