Gore An Inconvenient

It was uploaded by Biola University, and features speaker Dr. Garry DeWeese. He is a sociology professor at Talbot University. His background includes attending seminary in Dallas, TX, being a pastor, and a attendee of the United States Air Force Academy. Right from the beginning of the video, he proclaims he is a Christian. He stated some good examples by talking about nature. I too enjoy the outdoors, and always feel serene when I'm out in nature by myself. So I took that speaking point to heart. He further goes on to discuss climate change. This is such a touchy subject in today's society. There is a huge rift in the world about global warming. What he said is true, people are demonized for their beliefs. That's not right. Everyone is entitled to his or her own beliefs. I think if the issue of climate change was not polluted with politics in the first place, the issue would be much better addressed than it is today. As living organisms we have a responsibility to ensure our planet's future for those to

Gore uses a chart that shows how carbon dioxide and temperature correlate. When carbon dioxide rises, so does the temperature. At the time of the documentary, the carbon dioxide level was higher than it has ever been. He also uses a chart to show the ten hottest years in history, at that point in time, they all occurred within 14 years before. He places a higher thought of the two charts and other unmentioned, by saying that they were before unseen by the public. In addition to humor, anecdotes, expert testimony, and quantitative data to prove his point, he also throws just a few plain old facts at us. For example, Gore tells us that 200 towns and cities in the west have broken temperature records, and that science textbooks have had to be rewritten because it was before thought impossible for a hurricane to take place in the South-Atlantic, but then there was one. The hurricane was caused by warming of waters ocean wide. Al uses his variety of vehicles to present information to his advantage.

Furthermore, to support its arguments and increase the credibility of its claims, the documentary changes details of characters’ studies into some anecdotes, which makes it easier and more interesting for the audience to connect with their causes. The story of how Gore was first motivated to research global warming issues by his professor Roger Ravelle, together with the scientific studies made in Antarctica by his friends when measuring carbon dioxide levels over centuries, are only a few examples of the greatness and power of the documentary.

In “An Inconvenient Truth”, Al Gore begins to express his goal towards his audience on the topic of global warming. This issue was Al Gore’s main focus throughout the entirety of the video, and was explained thoroughly while ethos and pathos was used as a tool to connect with the audience. Gore uses ethos as a tool to concern global warming as more of an ethical and moral motivation rather than a political one. Throughout the video, Gore uses great amounts of information based on the issues of global warming and its great disadvantages. Issuing this, Gore uses pathos in order to get his point across on how the Earth and life on it might be affected. Due to Gore’s audience being younger minded non-scientists, Gore stated his arguments on global warming by creating a humorous cartoon video which gave more of an easier explanation on the serious matter. Gore continues to give explanations by also relating back into his past life experiences.

Climate Change is a very controversial topic, not only in The United States, but in various places around the world. Some people say that it is a hoax, and others put it on the top of their priority list, along with abortions, terrorism and other important topics circulating around the world. Magnum in Motion did a very good and detailed job of swaying people to believe that climate change needs to be a more precedent issue. The video essay portrays climate change as a pogrom, it gives an unbiased opinion, and it presents ways to combat climate change.

Al gore wants us all to participate to stop global warming. He presented what will happen to the earth if it continues. His point is that we should stop global warming to getting worst so we can prevent causing more trouble to the earth that make us people suffer. The inconvenient truth is very important for all the people in the earth. It will be the eye opener for all of us and also for the new generations to make the mother earth healthy and back to normal.

He states that Gore then said that the atmosphere is the most important part of Earth. DiCaprio continues by saying that Gore stated that almost all human activities release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere including all modes of transportation, the procedure by which cities are built, and the way that food is produced. DiCaprio then states that Gore stated that climate change will cause the polar ice caps to melt, that sea levels will rise, and that there will be more devastating natural disasters. While DiCaprio is describing these effects, there are pictures of all of these effects playing in the

Even though the clip is a cartoon made for entertainment, it has truth. Global warming gets worse every year, and political leaders do not take appropriate measures to reduce the greenhouse gases that are released into the atmosphere each year. Even though we are all affected by the increasing heat, many people would rather use a ton of energy than try to conserve the limited resources we have. An inconvenient truth shows how people tend to put themselves before nature, and that we view ourselves as separate from animals and nature. Maybe if we acknowledged our connection to the whole world, we would try harder to protect and preserve our

To underscore the imminent calamity of global warming, Gore appeals to his audience’s sadness and distress. He wants to reveal the bleakness of a world which becomes increasingly warmer. Emotions often overpower intellect. Gore knows this well. He evokes a sense of sadness in order to convince his audience of the urgency of global warming. The documentary’s opening scenes depict idyllic

Although it is important to include scientific facts and evidences in a documentary about climate change, the difference between this movie and other documentaries in this field is the unique way that they used to characterize the scientific information. In the movie, Gore reviews the scientific views on climate change and describes the consequences of global warming by using animation, graphs and pictures which are informative and at the same time they are different from the typical methods of explaining any scientific issue in documentaries such as long lectures by scientists about complex definitions and concepts in science. He also uses some characters to support his arguments and increase the credibility of his claims but he changes the details of their studies into some anecdotes in order to make them more interesting for the audience. For example, he starts the introduction by referring to one of his professors in collage named Roger Revelle who was the first person who motivates Al Gore to do research on global warming issue and his scientist friends on Antarctic who study the ice layers and measure the carbon dioxide unites in them. Nevertheless, the lack of professional scientists in the movie can also consider as the reason for low credibility of sources and arguments. For example, when he discusses

an inconvenient truth is a 2006 documentary film on climate change/global warming by al gore, aimed at alerting the public to an increasing "planetary emergency" due to global warming, and demonstrations re-enacted incidents from his life story which influenced his concerns about environmental issues. Al gore is adopting the main documentary techniques; montage, the voice of narration and archival footage and to reinforce his bias that we as humans have been contributing to the issue of climate change.

Climate change is an extremely debated subject. The video comes from the vantage point that it exists and we are causing it. You can find just as many scientific people that support it as not support it. Many scientists do not deny that these things are happening but the cause being from humans is debated extensively. There is agreement on both sides that over this time period, atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) have notably increased.

Climate change is the process of change in average long term weather patterns. These long term changes can be limited to small local areas such as cities or countries, large broad areas or cover the overall climate of Earth. Climate change occurs naturally due to the orbit of the Earth, ocean changes, changes in solar radiation levels and volcanic disasters. Although these natural influences do play a part in climate change most scientists believe that the rate of climate change that the Earth has experienced recently is not an entirely natural occurrence. These scientists believe that humans are having a large impact on recent climate change. Climate change that is influenced by human activity is called anthropogenic climate change. Anthropogenic climate change is caused by the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases are heat retaining gases that over time collect in the atmosphere. Some of the most common greenhouse gases that are having a large effect on the rate of anthropogenic climate change are carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. When these gases are emitted they cause the atmosphere to become thicker and retain more heat from the sun. The process of these greenhouse gases collecting in the atmosphere is causing the temperature on Earth to increase. The two main causes of anthropogenic climate change are the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation. Burning the fossil fuels coal, oil and gas releases carbon. Trees naturally absorb

Throughout the history of the earth, there has been a continual change in the climate of the earth. According to Nasa, there have been seven cycles of glacial advance and retreat within the last 650,000 years. One of them being the last ice age that abruptly ended about 7,000 years ago which marked the beginning of modern civilization. The changes in climate are normally caused by slight variations in the orbit of the Earth around the Sun which causes there be an increase or decrease in the amount of solar energy the planet absorbs. Today, ninety-seven percent of scientist agree that the current climate-warming that has occurred over the past century is most likely due to the activities of humans. The current climate-warming trend is quite significant because it is proceeding at an unprecedented rate due to the human involvement.

Humanity has had a substantial effect on Earth, one of the most noteworthy being climate change, with the significant increase in the concentration of greenhouses gases altering the climate of Earth (Walker and Steffen, 1997). The potential causes of climate change are a complex subject, with a wide variety of interwoven causes and consequences from both biogeophysical and human related sources (Peterson et al., 1997). While ecosystems have previously shown some ability to naturally adapt to climate change, this resilience have never been challenged by the pressures and demands of a large human population (IPPC, 2007). Here we explore the possible ways to reduce the extent and effects of climate change, primarily due to human related causes, to enable us to live in harmony with nature.