About The Film
An “inconvenient truth” is said to be an idea, information or concept that rather be kept than shared. Yet as long as one keeps it concealed, he continues to suffer because of the anxiety of getting it disclosed in time. That is why it’s inconvenient. The movie is mainly about global warming. It was mentioned in the documentary that a group of evaluators of the findings on global warming has a memo that aimed to reposition global warming as a theory rather than a fact. Thus, as an advocate of combating this environmental concern, Al Gore encourages scientists to speak up as well as the government to accept the fact that global warming is true and alarming. Hence, global warming is the one pertained to as the “inconvenient truth.”
Summary of the Film in 10 Words
The film tackled the causes and effects of global warming.
Five Evidences Used by Al Gore to Support His View of Anthropogenic Global Warming
a. His first evidence is the study of his college professor named Roger Revelle. The study is about the measurement of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Al Gore shared that the result of the study is startling. He showed a graph that conveyed the number of CO2 in the atmosphere going up from the year 1958 onwards and projected that it the worst is yet to come.
b. The second proof that supported his view on this issue are his comparisons on the previous and recent pictures of melting glaciers such as the ones found on Kilimanjaro, Switzerland, Peru, Argentina Glacier National Park, Columbia Glacier, and the Italian Alps. He also shared a picture of the status of the Himalayas. He also added that within a half-century people who depend on the melt water coming from it for their water consumption would experience a very serious shortage because of its rapid melting.
c. He also presented the results of the digging of core drills in Antartica that reveals the temperature on a particular period because when the snow falls, it traps little bubbles of atmosphere. Hence, they can go in and measure how much CO2 was in the atmosphere the year that that snow fell. They can measure the different isotopes of oxygen and figure out a very precise thermometer and tell what the temperature was, the year that that bubbles was trapped in the snow as it fell. He reported that it’s researchers found out that it’s the first time in 650,000 years that the CO2 level has gone above 300 parts per million, together with a graph projecting its going up.
d. Furthermore, he emphasized the relationship of the CO2 level and temperature. The higher the CO2 level, the higher the temperature is. The results of the drilling in Antartica attest the higher temperature that the world is experiencing.
e. Gore discussed more on the higher temperature. He presented the 10 hottest years ever measured. In atmospheric record, the hottest temperatures all occurred in the last 14 years. He added that the hottest of all was 2005(the most recent datum when it’s released). Heat waves also are prevalent he shared. One such phenomenon killed 35,000 people in Europe. India experienced 122 degrees Fahrenheit on the year the latter happened. In the American West, on summer 2005, a lot of cities broke all-time records for high temperatures and number of consecutive days with a 100-degree temperature or more.
f. He also had data on the recent ocean temperatures. He emphasized that the warmer the oceans, the greater the strength of the storms that are formed. He proved this by enumerating a number of strong hurricanes that occurred. Not just hurricanes but tornadoes and typhoons as well are happening in an intensified level. He named hurricanes Frances, Jeanne and Katrina among others from other countries such as the typhoons that happened in Japan and Brazil.
g. Al Gore also used the evidences of heavy precipitations leading to flooding. He specified the flooding in India and China. He said that because of the rising temperature, evaporation is triggered strongly. Because the evaporation off the oceans puts all the moisture up, when storm conditions trigger the downpour, more of it falls down.
h. He too did present the fact of global warming relocating the precipitation that makes some parts of the world such as Darfur and Niger in Africa to experience drought. There’s even this lake, the Lake Chad which almost dried to nothing because of the growing temperature. According to the film, this is so because with higher temperatures, soil evaporation dramatically; thus, it sucks the moisture out of the soil.
A Reaction
Al Gore is a father I would like to have. Don’t get me wrong though. I love my Dad. It’s just that despite all the facts as to the causes, effects and issues regarding global warming, which is the film’s main topic, what really struck me the most is his sharing about his life. Short clips of him telling how he feared losing his son and how is his life as a kid really got me. I know I’m drawing the line in a wrong place here; yet for me the film isn’t just about the “inconvenient truth” which he pertains to as the intensifying anthropogenic global warming. It’s also about a disclosure of the heart. It’s also an imparting of a life’s learned lessons. Likewise a flickering of a fire to move not just to save planet Earth for the next generations but also of following the calling that we hear not by our ears but by our hearts. For him, this calling is moving people to act on global warming and view it as a moral issue that everyone, whatever their race may be, must combat through his slide shows and talks.
Perhaps, his film affirmed his calling. The film for me succeeded to open the eyes of those who are still ignorant or just plain apathetic. His multimedia presentations effectively pointed out his points. The data that he presented is very reliable and convincing. Also, his opinions are logical and sound. One thing though, he didn’t suggest any specific way to fight the issue aside from telling that the government must take more attention to this as much as they pay much attention on terrorism and economic development. There, there is the fishy part for me. It somehow sounded as a movement with his personal interest hidden on his pocket. It’s like he is suggesting that he is the right person to handle this issue hence he must have a position in the government.
But then again, “It is not from the benevolence of the baker that we get our bread but from his self-interest.” What matters now is the truth that must be accepted and acted upon quick. Global warming is real and it’s alarming.
This is actually my assignment in my Environmental Science course about the film " An Inconvenient Truth."
An “inconvenient truth” is said to be an idea, information or concept that rather be kept than shared. Yet as long as one keeps it concealed, he continues to suffer because of the anxiety of getting it disclosed in time. That is why it’s inconvenient. The movie is mainly about global warming. It was mentioned in the documentary that a group of evaluators of the findings on global warming has a memo that aimed to reposition global warming as a theory rather than a fact. Thus, as an advocate of combating this environmental concern, Al Gore encourages scientists to speak up as well as the government to accept the fact that global warming is true and alarming. Hence, global warming is the one pertained to as the “inconvenient truth.”
Summary of the Film in 10 Words
The film tackled the causes and effects of global warming.
Five Evidences Used by Al Gore to Support His View of Anthropogenic Global Warming
a. His first evidence is the study of his college professor named Roger Revelle. The study is about the measurement of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Al Gore shared that the result of the study is startling. He showed a graph that conveyed the number of CO2 in the atmosphere going up from the year 1958 onwards and projected that it the worst is yet to come.
b. The second proof that supported his view on this issue are his comparisons on the previous and recent pictures of melting glaciers such as the ones found on Kilimanjaro, Switzerland, Peru, Argentina Glacier National Park, Columbia Glacier, and the Italian Alps. He also shared a picture of the status of the Himalayas. He also added that within a half-century people who depend on the melt water coming from it for their water consumption would experience a very serious shortage because of its rapid melting.
c. He also presented the results of the digging of core drills in Antartica that reveals the temperature on a particular period because when the snow falls, it traps little bubbles of atmosphere. Hence, they can go in and measure how much CO2 was in the atmosphere the year that that snow fell. They can measure the different isotopes of oxygen and figure out a very precise thermometer and tell what the temperature was, the year that that bubbles was trapped in the snow as it fell. He reported that it’s researchers found out that it’s the first time in 650,000 years that the CO2 level has gone above 300 parts per million, together with a graph projecting its going up.
d. Furthermore, he emphasized the relationship of the CO2 level and temperature. The higher the CO2 level, the higher the temperature is. The results of the drilling in Antartica attest the higher temperature that the world is experiencing.
e. Gore discussed more on the higher temperature. He presented the 10 hottest years ever measured. In atmospheric record, the hottest temperatures all occurred in the last 14 years. He added that the hottest of all was 2005(the most recent datum when it’s released). Heat waves also are prevalent he shared. One such phenomenon killed 35,000 people in Europe. India experienced 122 degrees Fahrenheit on the year the latter happened. In the American West, on summer 2005, a lot of cities broke all-time records for high temperatures and number of consecutive days with a 100-degree temperature or more.
f. He also had data on the recent ocean temperatures. He emphasized that the warmer the oceans, the greater the strength of the storms that are formed. He proved this by enumerating a number of strong hurricanes that occurred. Not just hurricanes but tornadoes and typhoons as well are happening in an intensified level. He named hurricanes Frances, Jeanne and Katrina among others from other countries such as the typhoons that happened in Japan and Brazil.
g. Al Gore also used the evidences of heavy precipitations leading to flooding. He specified the flooding in India and China. He said that because of the rising temperature, evaporation is triggered strongly. Because the evaporation off the oceans puts all the moisture up, when storm conditions trigger the downpour, more of it falls down.
h. He too did present the fact of global warming relocating the precipitation that makes some parts of the world such as Darfur and Niger in Africa to experience drought. There’s even this lake, the Lake Chad which almost dried to nothing because of the growing temperature. According to the film, this is so because with higher temperatures, soil evaporation dramatically; thus, it sucks the moisture out of the soil.
A Reaction
Al Gore is a father I would like to have. Don’t get me wrong though. I love my Dad. It’s just that despite all the facts as to the causes, effects and issues regarding global warming, which is the film’s main topic, what really struck me the most is his sharing about his life. Short clips of him telling how he feared losing his son and how is his life as a kid really got me. I know I’m drawing the line in a wrong place here; yet for me the film isn’t just about the “inconvenient truth” which he pertains to as the intensifying anthropogenic global warming. It’s also about a disclosure of the heart. It’s also an imparting of a life’s learned lessons. Likewise a flickering of a fire to move not just to save planet Earth for the next generations but also of following the calling that we hear not by our ears but by our hearts. For him, this calling is moving people to act on global warming and view it as a moral issue that everyone, whatever their race may be, must combat through his slide shows and talks.
Perhaps, his film affirmed his calling. The film for me succeeded to open the eyes of those who are still ignorant or just plain apathetic. His multimedia presentations effectively pointed out his points. The data that he presented is very reliable and convincing. Also, his opinions are logical and sound. One thing though, he didn’t suggest any specific way to fight the issue aside from telling that the government must take more attention to this as much as they pay much attention on terrorism and economic development. There, there is the fishy part for me. It somehow sounded as a movement with his personal interest hidden on his pocket. It’s like he is suggesting that he is the right person to handle this issue hence he must have a position in the government.
But then again, “It is not from the benevolence of the baker that we get our bread but from his self-interest.” What matters now is the truth that must be accepted and acted upon quick. Global warming is real and it’s alarming.
This is actually my assignment in my Environmental Science course about the film " An Inconvenient Truth."
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