Disastrous Global Warming

The world is changing. The issue of global warming is the cause of climate change in recent temperatures across the world. From the time of the 20th century, this world concern has taken over the minds of many individuals. In the film An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore: the 45th Vice President of the United States and American environmental activist, he discusses the importance of climate change within global warming. According to Al Gore, global warming “has shaken the world and taken everything from inside.” Consequently, vast majority of the world will experience devastating and disastrous consequences due to the results of global warming. The actual cause of global warming is believed to come from natural events such as forest fires and volcanic eruptions, along with human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels which releases toxic gases of carbon dioxide into the Earth’s atmosphere. However, although carbon dioxide and the burning of toxic gases may be assisting to the damage of global warming it still is beneficial. Carbon dioxide and other gases help heathen the surface of the Earth creating a trap which keeps solar heat inside the atmosphere. Global warming is already taken place in our current world. The changes that are displayed within our environment consist of the melting of glaciers, extinction of animals such as the Polar bear, and various amounts of hurricanes and droughts that affect the lives of millions. Furthermore, global warming has connections politics and the attitudes of our global community. As Gore stated in the film “pressure on the earth, pressure on the demand of food and pressure on the demand of water.” From Gore’s assumption it is seen that global warming constructs more than a scientific issue it also brings up the question of survival. The failure of individuals concerns with creating change in order to avoid the issue, primarily suggest that our government and society doesn’t consider the long terms affects of global warming. Global warming will always remain a major problem, however if scientist and government officials use their data and historic information they will be able to escape the perplexity of world issues.

An Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenheim. Perf. Al Gore. DVD. Paramount, 2005