Al Gore, the host, was the vice president of the USA in the Clinton administration. He has been interested in climate change issues since grade school and has continued to take interest in this subject as a politician. In this documentary, he highlights some very important points regarding global warming in his discussion. We will take a look at some of these.
Some very important effects include illustrations of the impact of global warming. He does this by first pointing out the relationship between the amount of carbon in the atmosphere and the corresponding temperature over a 650,000 years period. For example, he showed some pictures of the ice melted in Kilimanjaro Mountain in Africa. Then he focused about the increase of the ocean Temperature that led to many Hurricanes and Tornadoes. For instance, in September 2004 Florida has faced a very bad hurricane which called Ivan. After that he talked about the sea ice extent dropped by 1.5 million km2 since 1970.To clarify, Ice caps melts as the surrounding water gets warmer this devastated the ice species such as polar bears. He also showed a trend of ten hottest years recorded in 14 years period .To illustrate ,In 2003 the temperature in India raised to about 122 degrees c and 1400 people died.
To sum up, Al Gore says that although the situation regarding global warming appears dire, he does speak fervently looking forward to the future with hope. His presentation concludes with parting nuggets of practical advice as to how man can play a role in curbing climate change.
