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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The purpose of the proposal that the Fish and Wildlife Service has is not to lift bears because of their present status, because of their present population, but because of their anticipated future status if the sea ice continues to change the way climate models project that it is likely to change. Maybe 10, 15 miles, sometimes a little farther than that. In this decade, the urban environment is predicted to grow by nearly 30%. Eight degrees. That means they won't be out hunting today, killing untold numbers of wild animals. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I will have to stay. COOPER: The Brazilian government responded by setting aside more than 30,000 square miles for protection. 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? And, by Friday, the winds actually blow back onshore, which means all of that smoke that's out there in the ocean will be pushed back into L.A., back into San Diego, and all the way through east and into the valleys, back through Twentynine Palms, maybe through Yuma. Scientists don't think the entire ice sheet can melt any time soon, but every inch of sea level rise counts. Step up. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yeah, I think so. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If these plants were emitting these kinds of levels in River Oaks, it wouldn't be happening, I promise. Good deal. Heard on Morning Edition. And when we first went up there, they had a warning to residents. Everywhere we've gone, we've been told the same thing. Damages estimates $1 billion, and we're talking about just in San Diego County. STEFFEN: Yes. CORWIN: It's easy. 22 terms. It's not easy to land on a glacier, especially one jutting out from a steep mountain. Conservation Science and Advocacy for a Planet in Peril: Speaking Truth to Power helps equip scientists working on environmental and sustainability challenges with new tactics for success. Sponsored. Combined that with the fact that Carterets sit on top an ancient volcano, that over time collapses inward and they could be sinking naturally as well. COOPER: That sounds good. BILL WHITE, HOUSTON MAYOR: Nobody has the right to chemically alter the air that somebody else breathes without that person's consent. Finally, we arrive at the Chari River. Or "I'm going to be chief of police" since he was little. And, even if we are, is it a crisis or just hype? The majority of the scientific community says it's mankind. Look on the United States, probably the most violent weather on Earth of any large civilized nature -- the number of tornadoes COOPER: Right. (on camera): These officers from the federal police are teaming up with IBAMA agents, and they are about to go out on patrol. And that's true. CORWIN: Very much so. COOPER: His mother, Rosario Marroquin, started searching for answers, and she kept coming back to their neighborhood and the stench that often embellished it. They found that in some spots, ice thickness has diminished by as much as 40 percent in the last 40 years. But what's causing those changes? After two days here, there was only one place left to explore, underwater. (on camera): Here's one of the best examples of what's happening to the water here. They feed us, provide us medicine, and control our climate. This mission in a remote corner of Brazil has been in the works for over a year. He was born here, as were his parents and grandparents. Now, remember, these are marine mammals, so they are not supposed to drown. (on camera) Every day Ibama agents go out on patrol and stop anyone they come across and question them about what they're doing in this biological preserve. (on camera): Do you think climate change is a hoax? This used to be a mega-lake, one of the biggest lakes in the world. I mean, if you're in New York or Iowa, what impact does the rain forest really have on your life? GORE: Well, I can't help that, because you went on for a long time. Number of episodes: 3. Agents get word over the radio there might be an encampment of illegal loggers nearby. In all, there are 15 active fires tonight. It's called Deer Horn Valley. STEFFEN: We have fresh bread every day. They're probably selling the meat, as well. It's a global population of polar bears is somewhere between 20, 25,000 animals, why are we today trying to enlist them as an endangered species? Ibama doesn't have nearly enough personnel to protect them all. (END VIDEOTAPE) TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.voxant.com. We finally break free, as we close in on the Chari River, Lake Chad's source. COOPER (voice-over): When you discover an island here, pending approval, you get to name it. The water is so fast and has energy that actually carves into the ice before it drops into the moulin. You can see some of the trees here. (voice-over): Cutting down and burning trees not only clears the land; it releases nutrients into the soil, making the ground more fertile. Four of the five men involved have been convicted in her murder, but the rancher who's believed to be the mastermind behind the plot remains free on bail. The top of the shoulder. The ice is melting fast and this island is warming. 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. But Inhofe questions the motives of those who say man is responsible for global warming. Planet in Peril, filmed across four continents and 13 countries, airs over two nights on CNN/U.S. This worldwide investigation, which premiered October 23, 2007, looks at four key issues: climate change, vanishing habitats, disappearing species and human population growth. andrew192904. And when she decided, she decided. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ultimately, they are all dependent on the sea ice. . His mother, Rosario, was just happy she'd found somewhere free from the violence and drugs that plagued other low-income neighborhoods. We're looking for COOPER (voice-over): Schmidt is a modern-day explorer. And here, as you can see, we don't have healthy fish. And the IBAMA agents know that. STEFFEN: Hey. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's it, right there. Right now in Greenland, it is eight degrees warmer than it was just about 10 years ago. They call it the shigloo. We wanted to talk to Senator Inhofe about those contributions and his position on climate change. Did the water just knock them down? PLANET IN PERIL, however, continues after this break. The latest satellite picture showing still blowing offshore, although lightly now. R. MARROQUIN: All right. If you take that number -- this is only based on melt. Beatriz_Gonzalez88 Plus. It's the Earth's history that tells us, with the most accuracy and the most reliability, what the climate sensitivity is. Yes! But, today, he's brought the vast majority of the scientific community to his side. He rejects nearly all of the skeptics' points, from moderate estimates HANSEN: We're talking about several meters of sea level rise if West Antarctica begins to go unstable. Crucible Vocab. 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. Deaths attributable to PM 2.5 air pollution is estimated to have risen from 3.5 million in 1990 to 4.2 million in 2015a 20% increase. And it takes land to grow soy, land without trees. more than 6,000 pages of transcriptsand a spellbinding and denitive portrait of a nation on the brink. It's those types of numbers that have led to an unprecedented move. But it's also something that's having a major impact on people and animals right now. We are the first people to ever visit here. What is left is a daily struggle. But, somehow, Anata (ph) holds out hope. We decided to go there and try to get some answers along the way. STEFFEN: First of all, it got much warmer than we expected. COOPER (voice-over): Anything goes. COOPER: Not much. What's going to happen to you? COOPER: At just 6 years old, her oldest child and only son, Valentin, was diagnosed with leukemia. (CROSSTALK) INHOFE: You, sir, had 30 minutes. STEFFEN: First, we slept in the station at the beginning. This species of fish can grow up to 60 kilograms, and, today, you see, they just a few grams. Human beings are changing the climate. STEVE AMSTRUP, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: There's a nice lead here that we might be able to pick up footprints on. COOPER: Health costs? It's only about eight years. data collected during a RAP. Over the past 30 years, the water has steadily receded. We are fighting for survival. (on camera): That's a glacier over there and these two glaciers used to be connected by an ice shell? But the winds are dying down, and that gives firefighters a chance to possibly gain the upper hand. Water held in the soil and in lakes is also disappearing. After filtering, Salmon (v1.6.0) was used to map the reads to the transcriptome followed by transcript quantification for quality control. We see it, not just with the Kraho but also with others we've met in Cambodia and China and Africa. Episode 1 Planet In Peril, Pt. COOPER: This stinky neighborhood because it sits next to the Houston Ship Channel, the largest petrochemical complex in America. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She may have looked like a little old lady to people from outside. (voice-over): The vast ice sheet of Greenland -- 1,500 miles long and more than a mile deep, the world's largest island. That melt is picking up steam, raising concerns for even more sea level rise, putting the Carteret Islands and others like it in further jeopardy. Her children were safe; at least, that's what she thought. It outlines the solutions that have been tried, and analyzes why they have thus far fallen short. And here on the ice sheet, you can see the impact that temperature increase is having. What are we doing to our natural world? These are the men bent on stopping that. Death rates from tornadoes are going down, down, down, and down. About 500 homes in that area have burned. (END VIDEO CLIP) COOPER: Electricity is just one of the wild cards here tonight. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, OK. We're flying right over it now. I sailed into the peninsula. Brazil is the number one soy producer in the world. Sister Dorothy's death became a symbol, not only for the rain forest, but also for the protection of the people who call it home. Lakes are evaporating. If they encroached on a peasant's land, Stang would report them to the government. STEFFEN: It actually is a conduit through the ice -- the ice sheet. COOPER: So in the summer months ahead, as the temperature increases, water will actually start flowing through here? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We've got a family group. STEFFEN: We actually drove 11 miles. COOPER: Good news that, Chad. Climate change is real, and is fast plummeting into "climate chaos" for the Philippines and for the rest of the world. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, they are getting sick just because of food shortage. While there's no clear-cut link. Castro Theatre plan in peril after S.F. It's an effort led by IBAMA, Brazil's environmental protection agency. Alaska's sea ice, melting and possibly threatening the future of the polar bear. As the earth gets warmer, moisture in the atmosphere that used to fall as rain, instead evaporates. So even by stopping the increase of CO2 today, we will have a warming. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Put the noose there. GUPTA: But it might not be that simple. They were awarded a Nobel Prize for their work. Do you have some coffee? DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A lot of people live around here and are dependent on this water. Amstrup has been studying the polar bear for the past three decades. Are they bringing it in now?" Alex_Anon. (voice-over): You're looking at one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world, the Amazon rain forest. When she turns to go, they shoot her at point-blank range, leaving her in the mud to die. CORWIN: These regions, when you're away from any bit of infrastructure, can be pretty lawless. Because it is, quite simply, under assault. COOPER (on camera): A different path, because we are destroying much of what remains of the natural world. It's happening right here in America. So to welcome us, they want to baptize us. So we decided we would go out and put our tents outside. This is our office where we have the electronics and computers. V. MARROQUIN: To change the pollution to somewhere else. It's also the world's top beat exporter. It actually took five flights leaving from southern China in a helicopter ride, which you just saw. R. MARROQUIN: When you're sitting out there, when you're watching them play, you think, "Is it going to happen? STEFFEN: Hi, Terrie. COOPER (voice-over): If you thought the debate over what's causing the Earth to warm was settled, think again. CORWIN: Lean back and steer. Today, he officially declared southern California a major disaster area. And, right here, between that land over there and this land over here, this is the river mouth. S01:E01 - A Planet In Peril. So for now, the people of the Carterets left to wait and fight against the rising tides. What should be done? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, look at that! species loss in another part of the world affects everyone. This time of year the sun never sets -- just dips down to rest on the horizon. This is actually Swiss Camp. CORWIN: Thank you. It outlines the solutions that have been tried, and analyzes why . I'm honored by that. CORWIN: Not much. You've seen the front lines, the facts on the ground. We wondered, did something happen to the once-mighty river that feeds Lake Chad? We're the first people ever to walk here. Power company officials are pleading for conservation. (END VIDEOTAPE) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: Here in Rancho Bernardo, California. Nothing occurs in a vacuum in the natural world. It's about the front lines, the. This buildup of gases prevents heat from escaping to space, acting like the panels of a greenhouse -- warming the entire planet. Boosters Step into your powered armor and grab your Another update about the fire in 15 minutes. Instead, she opened the Bible she was carry in her hand and read a passage from the gospel of Matthew: "Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied." A two-part, four hour documentary that premiered last October 23, 2007 on CNN, Planet In Peril tends to investigate the current condition of the Earth, concentrating on four major areas: global warming, overpopulation, deforestation and species loss. President Bush today declared a major disaster area here in California. We are stranded as it turns out right now. The life here is too valuable to lose. INHOFE: Well, if you do, then my time has expired. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: I'm Anderson Cooper in Rancho Bernardo, California. GUPTA: Rose has lived on the island with her family for 12 years. San Diego County came within minutes of suffering a massive power outage this afternoon. 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. People do not have enough food. The Amazon is a vital resource for the world, as well. The Spirit of Earth, Gaia, is woken from a century-long sleep at Hope Island to discover that Earth is dying because of humans' carelessness in deforestation, pollution, over-hunting, and . At least 80 percent of the developed world's diet comes from the Amazon, mostly from the soy and beef industries, not to mention the tropical oils that are key ingredients in cosmetics like perfumes and shampoos. That's just how we smell. OK, now let's get the bears back together. Toggle mobile menu. He's going to visit the state tomorrow. COOPER: This is a planet under assault. The swarms have brought with them malaria. Thousands were killed. This is the area. In Kraho, they always celebrate the arrival of visitors with a ceremony. "Planet In Peril" continues in a moment. What we found is that Lake Chad's disappearance isn't just climate change or simply overuse, but, instead a combination of both, with tens of millions of people competing for a resource that is literally evaporating. We should think for the next two, three generations. The risk is not just cancer. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: 370. Usually these channels are up to 20, 30, 40 feet deep. shows global trends, connected through ecosphere. We're trying to get to the source of Lake Chad to investigate why it's disappearing. We're told that the fire area is under control. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The supply that we have from the government, which is how many bails of rice, it's already finished. Meteorologist Chad Myers has the latest forecast -- Chad. COOPER: I joined him to see his latest -- one of the starkest examples of climate change. First an update on the wildfires. Somewhere there's no animals or no people who live there. 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