| This article discusses the film An Inconvenient Truth | | | | consequences of global warming on animals and |
| and briefly touches upon the dangers of global | | | | humans alike. Perhaps the most poignant visual is the |
| warming. | | | | possibility of a major ice sheet in Greenland collapsing |
| Although global warming has been an issue on the | | | | that would cause coastal flooding and result in 100 |
| forefront of modern science and society for years | | | | million refugees the world over. |
| now, it wasn't until 2006 that an eye-opening | | | | This documentary is sobering and almost terrifying in |
| documentary about it was produced. Based on the | | | | its severity; however, there's a message of hope |
| book An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary | | | | here as well at the end of the film. Gore argues that |
| Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do | | | | the effects of global warming can indeed be |
| About It, written by former U.S. Vice President Al | | | | reversed should the appropriate actions are taken |
| Gore, the documentary of the same name was | | | | now. Steps to take include the proactive action of |
| directed by Davis Guggenheim and was first shown | | | | releasing less CO2 into our atmosphere, coupled with |
| at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. The film made its | | | | the reactive action of planting more vegetation to |
| way to the states then, debuting in New York and | | | | combat and consume the existing high levels of CO2 |
| Los Angeles on May 24th, 2006. | | | | currently wafting around the planet. |
| The film centers around Gore and his efforts to | | | | An Inconvenient Truth earned $49 million at the box |
| convey to the public just how severe the problem of | | | | office worldwide and is the 5th highest grossing |
| global warming has become. An Inconvenient Truth | | | | documentary film to date in the United States. This |
| focuses on the ways Gore has personally been | | | | film taught the public at large to stop viewing global |
| impacted by climate change by highlighting his studies | | | | warming as a myth or something for future |
| at Harvard with climate expert Roger Revelle, a car | | | | generations to worry about, and to act now to |
| crash that almost killed his young son, and his sister's | | | | prevent the collapse of the planet. |
| death from lung cancer. The documentary also | | | | The minds behind this documentary Al Gore and |
| successfully portrays a worldview that many of us | | | | Davis Guggenheim are engaging in a new initiative to |
| aren't accustomed to examining, which is that in | | | | take a more active role in the fight against global |
| comparison to all of space, Earth is merely a tiny | | | | warming. They have backed the Dot Eco initiative to |
| speck, but all of human history has happened here | | | | establish the .eco top level domain. This new initiative |
| and it's our only home. | | | | powered by Dot Eco LLC, will donate over 50% of |
| Ripe with scientific data surrounding climate change | | | | domain registration proceeds back to fund scientific |
| and the negative effect on Earth and its inhabitants, | | | | initiatives and research in climate change, ocean |
| the documentary is both interesting and foreboding. | | | | analysis, economic policy, and other |
| A main focus of the film is Gore's own analysis and | | | | environmentally-related areas. Dot Eco is a powerful |
| research about the annual temperature and CO2 | | | | and truly innovative initiative that can help save our |
| levels in Antarctic ice samples, which has been on the | | | | environment. |
| rise. Other examples are used to convey the | | | | |