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Former Vice President Al Gore recently released his documentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” Paramount Classics with his book of the same title.

In his speech computer / presentation / lecture presented convincing scientific evidence Gore’s assertion that without a fundamental change in public policy and private behavior that is recognized globally for a disaster of biblical proportions to return. The culprit is carbon monoxide in the atmosphere from fuel energy is released cars, power plants, coal burning forests and hunger. The gas forms a thick blanket that traps heat from the sun and the planet warms, the melting glaciers, rising sea levels and changing weather conditions.

Gore said the changes were more evident in droughts and storms (the film crew are planning a trip to New Orleans just before Katrina), drowning the spread of new diseases and polar bears the glacier area is at an alarming rate going forward.

“ What we can not take for granted at home for my children, warns contre”Gore, which delivers the same message in an accompanying book, also called “ An Inconvenient Truth “(Rodale, 328 pages , $ 21. 95).

Energy from the sun causes weather and climate of the Earth’s surface and warms the earth, which in turn radiates energy back to Earth in space. Greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere (water vapor, carbon dioxide and other gases) trap some of the outgoing energy, retaining heat somewhat like the glass roof of a greenhouse.

Without this natural greenhouse effect, temperatures are much lower than if they are now, and life as we know today would not be possible. Instead, thanks to greenhouse gas emissions, the Earth’s average temperature is 60 ° F. more hospitable However, problems can arise when the atmospheric concentration increases in greenhouse gas emissions

Since the beginning of the industrial revolution, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide have increased nearly 30%, methane concentrations have more than doubled, and nitrous oxide in concentrations higher than 15%. These increases have enhanced the ability to trap heat in Earth’s atmosphere. Sulfate aerosols, a common air pollutant, cool the atmosphere by backlighting in space, but are short of sulfates in the atmosphere and vary regionally.

Why increase the concentration of greenhouse gas emissions? Scientists generally believe that the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities are the main cause of the increased concentration of carbon dioxide. plant respiration and decomposition of organic matter release more than 10 times the CO2 released by human activities, but these versions are generally in balance during the centuries before the industrial revolution with carbon dioxide by terrestrial vegetation and oceans absorbed.

What has changed over the last hundred years is the further release of carbon dioxide by human activities. Fossil fuels are burned to run cars and trucks, heat homes and businesses, and power plants are responsible for about 98% of U.S. emissions of carbon dioxide, 24% of methane emissions and 18% emissions of nitrogen oxide. Increased agriculture, deforestation, landfills, industrial production and mining also contribute a significant share of emissions. In 1997, the United States emits about a fifth of total greenhouse gas emissions.

Estimating future emissions is difficult because it depends on demographic, economic, technological, political and institutional. Several scenarios, emissions related to different projections of these underlying factors have been developed. For example, until 2100, in the absence of a policy to control emissions of carbon dioxide concentration should be 30-150% higher than its current level.

Warmer temperatures allow mosquitoes transmit diseases like malaria and dengue fever to extend their areas and to increase their biting rate and their ability to infect humans.

Spring comes earlier today in many parts of the world. Proof of this comes from earlier thaw dates for rivers and lakes, dates prior to the plant flowering and leafing, and the sooner the eggs of animals, spawning and migration. An early spring to disrupt animal migration may change the competitive balance between species and cause other unforeseen problems.

This results in a warmer climate with increased precipitation worldwide, especially in winter and mid-high latitudes, as projected by climate models. In addition, it is expected that more precipitation in heavy rain and snow storms that have led to increased flooding and damage. The area of the United States affected by extreme rainfall has increased significantly since 1910. Heavy rains have also increased in Japan, the former Soviet Union, China and Australia. As climate change increases the risk of flooding, changes in human land use and land cover may also contribute to increased risks of flooding.

As the climate warms, droughts are expected to more frequent and more severe in some places. prolonged drought makes wildfires more frequent and more plants and trees more vulnerable to pests and diseases. general increase in the climate, local land use and land use changes based exacerbate the risk of drought. For example, in the tropics, “slash-and-burn” land consolidation practices can trigger large fires prolonged drought.

We see an increase in the number and severity of storms and only a few days ago, tropical storm of the hurricane season, Angelo began even earlier than last year. The only way is to obtain a significant effect for all of us to take responsibility.

The Larry King Live June 13, 2006, former Vice President Gore said that if we do nothing because of the greenhouse polutients form Fossel fuels and in the next ten years: “We are moving from place we won “t be able to do something.” We need time to continue working on alternatives such as hybrid vehicles and other energy sources.