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An Inconvenient Truth
A documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth explores data and predictions regarding climate change, interspersed with personal events from the life of Al Gore. Through a Keynote presentation (dubbed "the slide show") that he has presented worldwide, Gore reviews the scientific evidence for global warming, discusses the politics and economics of global warming, and describes the consequences he believes global climate change will produce if the amount of human-generated greenhouse gases is not significantly reduced in the very near future.
The film includes many segments intended to refute critics who say that global warming is insignificant or unproven. For example, Gore discusses the risk of the collapse of a major ice sheet in Greenland or Antarctica, either of which could raise global sea levels by approximately 20 feet (6m), flooding coastal areas and producing 100 million refugees. Meltwater from Greenland, because of its lower salinity, could halt the Gulf Stream current and quickly trigger dramatic local cooling in Northern Europe.
In an effort to explain the global warming phenomenon, the film examines annual temperature and CO2 levels for the past 600,000 years in Antarctic ice core samples. An analogy to Hurricane Katrina is used for those familiar with the 30-ft to 45-ft (9 to 14m) waves that destroyed almost a million homes in coastal Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida.
The documentary ends with Gore noting that if appropriate action is taken soon, the effects of global warming can be successfully reversed by releasing less carbon dioxide and growing more plants or trees. Gore calls upon viewers to learn how they can help in this initiative.
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An Inconvinient Truth on Amazon
An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It
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An Inconvenient Truth
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Part 2
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Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit
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The World According To Al Gore: An A-To-Z Compilation Of His Opinions, Positions, And Public Statements (World According To--)
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Part three
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The Weather Makers : How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
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Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years
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Part 4
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Global Warming: The Signs and the Science
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Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect
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Part 5
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Stop Global Warming: The Solution Is You! (Speaker's Corner)
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Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century
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Part 6
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The Revenge of Gaia
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The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change: A Guide to the Debate
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Part 7
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You Can Prevent Global Warming (and Save Money!): 51 Easy Ways
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Shattered Consensus: The True State of Global Warming
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Part 8
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The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists
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The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World
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Part 9
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The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century
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The Winds of Change: Climate, Weather, and the Destruction of Civilizations
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Global Warming: A Formal Debate
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Earth's Climate: Past and Future
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- An Inconvenient Truth Official Website
- The title says it all!
- An Inconvenient Truth on Wikipedia
- Wikipedia's entry on the film. It is very informative!
- An Inconvenient Truth Fan Page
- Includes an excelent blog!
- Al Gore on Wikipedia
- Wikipedia's Entry on the former U.S Vice President!
