STEFFEN: Even if you reduce CO2 output at the current level and leave it level, the climate will continue to warm. Less water also means fewer and smaller fish and as a result, the people are getting smaller as well. MICHAELS: You write a proposal and you tie it to climate change, you got a good chance. Investigating our PLANET IN PERIL has taken us to 13 countries on 4 continents. We should not just think for ourselves. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And there's a bear right there. Millions live near coastlines less than three feet above sea level. There are no winches out here to free our trucks, just the bodies of our entire crew. A new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a body of experts convened by the United Nations, said that Earth is likely to cross a critical threshold for global warming within. Planet in Peril Term 1 / 11 Greenland's temperature has risen by how many degrees? COOPER: to computer modeling. It's one of the fundamental laws of physics, of nature. It suffered through a ten-year bloody civil war during the 1990s. And that's what we see the ice moves faster. Her mantra: the death of the forest is the end of our lives. But that's not what is happening today. (END VIDEOTAPE) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: I'm Anderson Cooper in Rancho Bernardo, California. COOPER (voice-over): Anything goes. Can that be lessened? STEFFEN: But during the cold years, we had some water that froze in the middle tent, which was our sleep tent, which was not very comfortable. (voice-over) After the festivities, we join the tribe for a meeting, where they share grim news of what's happening to their home. PLANET IN PERIL will continue in a moment. About the show. COOPER (voice-over): Dr. Konrad Steffen of the University of Colorado has spent 17 seasons here, 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle. We gear up to rappel ourselves down inside. Environmentalism: the pet project of the rich, the cause for celebs. But think about the other kind of costs associated with it, that add up. PLANET IN PERIL - 2007 CNN takes viewers around the world in a four-hour documentary that examines our changing planet. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: 370. STEFFEN: Yes. Most often, it's: "Well, look, it's cheaper to have plants in this neighborhood than it is anywhere else in this very expensive city." Also, I spent the day out there. They may have just found it. David C. Downing is the R. W. Schlosser Professor of English at Elizabethtown College in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Free shipping. And of course as you can see, of course, we are not alone. Crime and unemployment are high. It is rather steep. $1.55. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. (on camera): So this is a moola (ph)? From the CNN documentary Planet in Peril (2007), clip on animals being bought and sold in the JJ Market in Thailand. Step up. GUPTA: We're hearing people are getting cancer from drinking water. WHITE: We will have both a political and a legal battle with the industry until we get widespread agreement for them to do stuff. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are starting to see some changes that may result in future concerns for this population. That's slash and burn. Both sides of the debate know that. With dive gear, we head down 60 feet. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This island exists because of global warming. And after two long days of driving in the sand, we are closing in on the source of Lake Chad and hopefully to the answer as to why exactly it's disappearing. For example, 20 percent of the world's water is locked up in rain forest habitat, specifically the Amazon Basin. Thank you. If the entire ice sheet dissolved, sea levels would rise by 23 feet -- spurning a global catastrophe that would flood coastal cities and displace tens of millions of people. GUPTA: It looks like this upsets you? This is our work center, as we call it, the computing room. And, in fact, I'm a good example of that, because when I first spoke out about this in 1981, I ended up losing my funding. Sea ice loss has now surpassed predictions for the year 2050. You always think of something like that. Phoenix, you may be smelling smoke by Friday afternoon. What happens in one place now affects us all. There are no easy solutions. What we saw from above the islands was a coral reef that appeared bleached and dying. COOPER: He's been coming here for more than 40 years. COOPER: Climate science is clearly complicated and often controversial. What is left is a daily struggle. COOPER: Dr. James Hansen does not believe scientists are simply chasing funding. The film takes a close look at the world's changing eco-system, focusing heavily on four environmental issues . Eighty percent of it covered by ice. The computer models are helpful, but they are not the primary source of information. So, really, that's all that is remaining of it now. I do not own, nor do I or intend to profit from this content whatsoever. lt's the eye make-up. COOPER: Right. The danger is hard to see with the naked eye. The five islands that make up the Carterets are just five feet above sea level at their highest point. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) COOPER (voice-over): From Greenland's interior ice sheet, we travel to its east coast with Dennis Schmidt. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There's a lot of animals right here that range the gamut of critical status. (on camera): Do you expect to find other islands that were previously thought to be connected to the inland? "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made. SCHMIDT: They were continuous, yes. 11 terms. This is one of the largest rivers that actually supplies water to Lake Chad. Climate change is real, and is fast plummeting into "climate chaos" for the Philippines and for the rest of the world. I'm Anderson Cooper. How is it that a forest covering nine countries, home to 200 indigenous tribes CORWIN: This is one of my most favorite creatures right here. Well, let's explore it further. A park, crowded place. They're an indigenous people here in the Amazon rain forest. Transcript Providers Return to Transcripts main page Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees Planet in Peril; Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone; Reaction to Britney Spears' Buzz Aired February 19, 2007 -. But is it a crisis or hype? It was once the sixth largest lake in the world, covering more than 10,000 square miles. Climate change is making a bad situation worse. Watch your head here. The pressure on dwindling resources becomes clear. Our helicopter lowers just over the running sow. I'm Anderson Cooper. Amstrup aims and then fires the dart. Planet in Peril Aired December 20, 2009 - 20:00 ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. I mean, if you're in New York or Iowa, what impact does the rain forest really have on your life? COOPER: Crime? So if we know all of this, why is it happening? In the face of environmental degradation and global climate change, scientific . CORWIN: Just in the Amazon basin alone, it's 2.7-million square miles of habitat, and roughly 70 percent of that is right here in this extraordinary country, in the country of Brazil. There are very few people watching over you. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) CORWIN (voice-over): We are on the heels of a mother polar bear and her two cubs. We're almost at the top of the world. And she would, you know, work to make it happen, her way. government protects new species and areas of forest. Both sides accuse each other of cherry- picking data. PLANET IN PERIL is going to continue in a moment, but, first, the latest on the wildfires. There's no telling what's around each corner. It used to be one of the largest lakes in the world, but it's disappearing. Statewide, nearly one million people have had to flee. They continue to rage around Lake Arrowhead. We're told by the chief it's the first time a helicopter has ever landed in the village. We'll be following it for you, Anderson. Commentary: Animal agriculture's 'water footprint' is putting the planet in peril. SEN. JAMES INHOFE (R), OKLAHOMA: And, with all the hysteria, all the fear, all the phony science, could it be that manmade global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people? PLANET IN PERIL continues in a moment. And I pointed to the area of open water at the edge of the face of the glacier and I said that's the world's newest island. COOPER: Oh, nice. STEFFEN: Yes. (on camera) These are Kraho. We are suffering from the climate change. COOPER (voice-over): Even the map of Greenland is changing. Step up. Jeff Corwin's gone to track North America's largest carnivore, the polar bear -- to find out what some scientists believe the polar bear's very existence is under threat. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. Earlier this year the University of Texas released a study showing kids living within two miles of the ship channel had a 56 percent greater chance of getting leukemia. The forecast for tonight, no real gusts over about 20 miles per hour. As hunters, gatherers, and farmers, the Kraho rely on the rain forest for food, water, shelter, everything. CORWIN (voice-over): Amstrup loads the tranquilizer dart into the gun as we circle low over the mother bear to make sure we don't scare her away from her cubs. CORWIN: It's easy. The water is so fast and has energy that actually carves into the ice before it drops into the moulin. Power company officials are pleading for conservation. COOPER: And that may be true. Planet in Peril, filmed across four continents and 13 countries, airs over two nights on CNN/U.S. This time of year the sun never sets -- just dips down to rest on the horizon. Unable to protect her little boy, Rosario Marroquin felt helpless, as she started looking for answers. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How do we improve the quality of life for everybody? I sailed into the peninsula. (on camera): The scientists who are warning of huge changes within our lifetime, are those just scare tactics? (END VIDEOTAPE) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: Here in Rancho Bernardo, California. They tell police they were paid $25,000 by ranchers, who wanted Sister Dorothy out of their way so they could continue illegally logging the rain forest. GUPTA: Rose has lived on the island with her family for 12 years. Joe Biden, 46th President of United States of America. Witness the planet's breathtaking diversity -- from seabirds carpet-bombing the ocean to wildebeests eluding the wild dogs of the Serengeti. Castro Theatre plan in peril after S.F. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They thought that killing her would end it. What's going to happen to you? That's what parents fear. PLANET IN PERIL continues in a moment. This worldwide investigation, which premiered October 23, 2007, looks at four key issues: climate change, vanishing habitats, disappearing species and human population growth. The carbon naturally stored in trees is released when they're cut down. COOPER (on camera): They said they were just out looking for small animals just to eat. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did you get it? the committee's support for landmarking the fixed seats is a major setback for Another Planet . COOPER: Ted, we'll check in with you at the 11:00 East Coast time, with an hour long look at what has been happening here. It did exactly the opposite. Heading back towards shore from Lake Chad, our journey here is coming to a close. How is that possible? It's only about eight years. The cooler is stocked with deer meat poached from the rain forest. Those two industries continue to expand, and they need land to do it. You also see dramatic changes in the overall geography of the island, particularly on the coastal areas. And we are living on coconuts. Are you aware of that? She never makes it there. There's not very much left anymore. This journey around the globe is an investigation into the reasons our planet is changing. Power companies have asked people, however, to conserve power. But they can't lock their children inside either. R. MARROQUIN: That's all I remember, just time stops. In Kraho, they always celebrate the arrival of visitors with a ceremony. HANSEN: That's another big misconception. We have come here to meet the people of Carteret. CORWIN: So as the apex or top predator in the ecosystem, polar bears sort of integrate. A worldwide investigation by Anderson Cooper and chief medical . Just days later, these two men confess to the murder. My colleague, Rick Sanchez, is covering one of the two big fires now happening in this area. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) GUPTA: Flying over the Solomon Sea in the South Pacific, the ocean and the sky melt together in a blue/green haze. COOPER: But Carter (ph) points out the people whose health is in danger, whose quality of life is degraded, more often than not remain silent. COOPER (on camera): It's all so surreal, I mean, as you look out at the horizon. Some estimates do have the Earth warming more than it currently is. We continue our journey, a bumpy ride for another few hours. When we talked to the companies in the ship channel, they pointed out that they've started voluntarily limiting their emissions, and they haven't broken any laws. We are stranded as it turns out right now. Agents get word over the radio there might be an encampment of illegal loggers nearby. All this land is appearing and the water is disappearing. Global warming might be causing a slight rise in sea levels, but its largest effect here is damage to the coral reefs that protects these islands. Lakes are evaporating. It's taken as many lives in one year as. There are roughly 37 million people who rely on Lake Chad. "Planet in Peril" examines the environmental conflicts between growing populations and natural resources. We actually stand in our refrigerator. But Inhofe questions the motives of those who say man is responsible for global warming. It's not ready. First episode date: 23 October 2007 (USA) Network: CNN. We also have a refrigerator. Transcript of Biden's Speech on Climate Change and Hurricane Ida "The nation and the world are in peril," President Biden said after touring storm damage in New York and Jersey. They're saying that very few people come to this village, very few outsiders. AMSTRUP: OK, you see tracks going across that hill (INAUDIBLE)? But those here in San Diego County are still raging out of control, threatening more than 8,000 homes right now. San Francisco is his home base, but Greenland is more like home. Why is our planet in peril? But part of the Krahos' land has already been illegally clear- cut, and there's little to no law enforcement to stop it. (on camera): Tonight, we begin a place that's warming faster than just about any other place on Earth -- Greenland's ice sheet. And the people are stronger than ever, and we do not intend to leave here. River Oaks is the area where all the millionaires live. Pat Michaels is one of them. It actually took five flights leaving from southern China. So we go down a ladder here? R. MARROQUIN: All right. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If these plants were emitting these kinds of levels in River Oaks, it wouldn't be happening, I promise. STEFFEN: First of all, it got much warmer than we expected. So to welcome us, they want to baptize us. northpointe community church fresno archives. STEFFEN: Be careful. David C. Downing, a professor at Elizabethtown College, takes it upon himself to correct a gaping hole in Lewis studies. We actually just dove down. Anchorage Alaska USA 995071 907-360-4503 richard.g.steiner@gmail.com It's now a mosquito-infested swamp. 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