While there's no clear-cut link. Amstrup has been studying the polar bear for the past three decades. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The water just knocked them down. I sailed into the peninsula. Guide | Transcript Transcript PREVIOUSLY ON STARGATE SG-1 [Scenes from Summit where Yu objects to Anubis being made a System Lord. CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta and "The Oprah Winfrey Show" correspondent and National Geographic Channel host Lisa Ling travel to the front lines to . COOPER (voice-over): A projection range based on computer models. They are flying helicopter and planes tonight into the night, trying to get a handle on this fire. Definitely. Yet despite all the scientific evidence gathered by the international science community, there remain people who refuse to see the peril that people and the planet we live in have been subjected to as humanity, Filipinos included, made light of the five C's. Big ranching and logging companies were often in her sights. (voice-over) Steve Amstrup, a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, has been doing this for 26 years, trying to learn all he can about what polar bears can tell us about global warming. Thailand, Cambodia, Madagascar, Chad, Brazil. Boosters Step into your powered armor and grab your He just has one request. When water heats up, it expands and rises. 1. Thousands were killed. In all, there are 15 active fires tonight. First episode date: 23 October 2007 (USA) Network: CNN. Amazingly, there's no shortage of food or diapers or even toilet paper. Natural changes in the earth's orbit and the tilt of the sun 10,000 years ago caused the climate to shift, bringing out a long drought. The thing is, we've also learned that climate change is impacting total environments as well as the ice on top of Greenland is very quickly melting way. And, tomorrow, the winds lay down completely. These are the men bent on stopping that. Scientists don't think the entire ice sheet can melt any time soon, but every inch of sea level rise counts. Here, oil refineries and petrochemical companies pump hazardous pollutants into the air. CORWIN: So, basically, it's providing this layer of viscosity to the ice to slide on. (on camera): This is really the front line of deforestation. EXTSPACE And she would, you know, work to make it happen, her way. And here on the ice sheet, you can see the impact that temperature increase is having. In Kraho, they always celebrate the arrival of visitors with a ceremony. Anderson finds Kiev calm but ready for battle. So is it rising seas or the loss of coral that's causing the Carterets to sink? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) (DOGS BARKING) (END VIDEOTAPE) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) COOPER (voice-over): In a wooden shack in a remote corner of the Amazon forest, armed men pore over maps and make last-minute plans. GUPTA: As the wetlands manager, he spent the last four years working with the Lake Chad basing commission, a group that's trying to save the lake. Some are harvested by small farmers eking out a meager living. The Associated Press reports California has maxed out its firefighting resources and is asking the federal government for help. Finding the roads made by the loggers is easy. Excellent. COOPER: Not much. But then '94, '95, it started to warm steadily. "Doubling down" on medical marijuana. That is good planning on the part of local officials. CORWIN: So as the apex or top predator in the ecosystem, polar bears sort of integrate. Amanda Aronczyk. Roughly 5,500 square miles are lost every year. Full text of President Joseph. We will have a sea level increase. Did the water just knock them down? Action & adventure 2002 1 hr 38 min In this classic installment in the series that inspired the 'Star Wars' saga, Flash Gordon matches with Ming the Merciless while saving the Earth from. They are still burning and still dangerous, but they are moving more slowly. In the documentary, William, who is dad to 7-year-old son Prince George . But the other reason, says environmental law professor Tom McGarity (ph), is because of race. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) COOPER: If you're going to find out more information about the topics discussed tonight, or find out what you can do to get involved, check out our impactor world website at cnn.com/impact. He'd always say that. His position has led to some intense political theater. B3L7. What can be done? (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) LETICIA DECKERT, EVACUEE: It's stressful, very stressful. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The struggle today is how to get food. But not all of the trees are cut down for big profits. There's not very much left anymore. Planet in Peril (Series) Cath Senker Author (2014) Fierce Floods Planet in Peril (Series) Cath Senker Author (2014) Wild Fires Planet in Peril (Series) Cath Senker Author (2014) Series; Planet in Peril; Our Apps. She never makes it there. That's slash and burn. So once (INAUDIBLE) we'll get down and we'll actually physically capture these cubs, anesthetize them and gather data. We are fighting for survival. GORE: Well, I can't help that, because you went on for a long time. Yes, straight across. COOPER: Climb back. So, what does that really spell for the forecast? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So here's the plan. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) STANG: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) COOPER (voice-over): Early February 2005, Sister Dorothy Stang, an American nun from Ohio, leaves a meeting of peasant farmers, whose land she's helping to protect, and walks into the jungle towards her home. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The female cub. (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 (voice-over): Dr. Konrad Steffen of the University of Colorado has spent 17 seasons here, 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle. It is staggering -- at least $1 billion in San Diego County alone. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They thought that killing her would end it. (on camera): Do you think climate change is a hoax? I'm standing in Nigeria, what used to be the middle of Lake Chad. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There's one big set of tracks and two smaller sets. "An anthology bringing together the testimony of over eighty theologians, religious leaders, scientists, elected officials, business leaders, naturalists, activists, and writers to present a diverse and compelling call to honor humans' moral responsibility to the planet in the face of envi . Some of these animals are actually drowning, trying to swim these new open waters. They feed us, provide us medicine, and control our climate. Here's the latest on tonight's breaking news -- the wildfires. A stark finding that for Dr. Steffen raises a very basic question. Click the card to flip Definition 1 / 11 8 deg Fahrenheit Click the card to flip Flashcards Learn Test Match Created by xoxoc Terms in this set (11) Greenland's temperature has risen by how many degrees? GUPTA: But it might not be that simple. Planets in Peril is a slim volume, yet it contains a great deal of insight into the mind of CS Lewis in regards to the writing and possible sources and meanings behind the Ransom trilogy, otherwise known as the Space Trilogy. She sends five magic rings COOPER (on camera): As Dr. Steffen pointed out, climate change is something that's going to be affecting future generations. Arson investigators are on the case and we expect a $50,000 award for information to be announced soon. (on camera) On February 12, 2005, Sister Dorothy Stang was walking down a path in the Amazon jungle. Investigating our PLANET IN PERIL has taken us to 13 countries on 4 continents. None of what's happening is occurring in a vacuum. Millions live near coastlines less than three feet above sea level. Scientists say that is happening because of what we're putting into the air -- tons and tons of carbon dioxide. Out here it's an igloo. Schools were closed for a decade. The series will launch on Monday across the network's platforms, led by senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy, senior foreign correspondent Mark Phillips, foreign correspondent. It's not a theory. (CROSSTALK) INHOFE: You, sir, had 30 minutes. We actually stand in our refrigerator. Five hundred homes lost here in Lake Arrowhead. COOPER (voice-over): If you thought the debate over what's causing the Earth to warm was settled, think again. Ibama has been fighting this fight for several years now, but it wasn't until 2005 when a 73-year-old American nun changed the way Brazil protects its forests. In fact, we know where they are. The problem is, though, just like in Greenland, that ice is melting. Trump Sent Chilling Warning from 'Merchant of Death' Freed by Biden: 'Your Life Is in Peril' By Lorri Wickenhauser April 13, 2023 at 5:56pm Former President Donald Trump received a bleak warning last week from an unexpected quarter: Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer nicknamed the "Merchant of Death." How is that possible? Journey Into Space is a BBC Radio science fiction programme written by BBC producer Charles Chilton.It was the last UK radio programme to attract a bigger evening audience than television. So without the climate change, this would still be a peninsula. We are the first people to ever visit here. So, I think we are running out of time. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, they are getting sick just because of food shortage. What's not so easy is traveling them during the rainy season. They spend one month every year here, living under extremely difficult circumstances. This species of fish can grow up to 60 kilograms, and, today, you see, they just a few grams. HANSEN: That's another big misconception. You have to see it to believe it. Main Menu. While a scientific consensus says man is responsible for global warming, Michaels, like Senator Inhofe, says money is the prime motivator. So if we know all of this, why is it happening? The dry Santa Ana winds have let up. $1.50 + $1.10 shipping. But those here in San Diego County are still raging out of control, threatening more than 8,000 homes right now. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How are you doing, Konnie? We decided to go there and try to get some answers along the way. (voice-over) After the festivities, we join the tribe for a meeting, where they share grim news of what's happening to their home. STEFFEN: That's one of the largest temperature increases we have on Earth. Witness the planet's breathtaking diversity -- from seabirds carpet-bombing the ocean to wildebeests eluding the wild dogs of the Serengeti. COOPER: Already polar bears' behavior is changing. They were awarded a Nobel Prize for their work. In 2006, 5,500 square miles of Amazon forest was cut down, roughly the size of the state of Connecticut. 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. As a matter of fact, you mentioned the Harris fire just moments ago, Anderson. But the debate is not just political. Everything that's going on in the ecosystem underneath them, 56 even. Hansen, with NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, was one of the first scientists to bring global warming into the public's consciousness in the 1980s. DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A lot of people live around here and are dependent on this water. COOPER: This is a planet under assault. COOPER (voice-over): What are we doing to ourselves? CORWIN: Thank you. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: I'm Anderson Cooper in Rancho Bernardo, California. Nothing happens in a vacuum. The book is an unusual integration of local to planetary issues, and their social, justice and . . UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There's a lot of animals right here that range the gamut of critical status. What's going to happen to you? HANSEN: The nature of science is, you say, on the one hand, this and, on the other hand, that. I'm honored by that. Clearly, it's a larger operation than that. S01:E03 - Vultan - King of the Hawkmen. Episode 1 Planet In Peril, Pt. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She's now at 12 o'clock, doc, right off the nose. There is an effort under way to get a law passed in Texas, but Professor McGarity (ph) says it's going to be an uphill battle, because when it comes to the oil industry here, old habits die hard. Believe it or not, this is the rainy season. We're looking for COOPER (voice-over): Schmidt is a modern-day explorer. But none of those reasons mean very much to Rose. (END VIDEOTAPE) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: "Planet In Peril" continues in a moment. Less water also means fewer and smaller fish and as a result, the people are getting smaller as well. There are very few people watching over you. COOPER: A wild west culture where kids like Valentin Marroquin pay the price. "Planet In Peril" continues after this break. Today the president declared fire-ravaged Southern California a major disaster zone. News / By Pangambam S / January 21, 2021 2:15 am. COOPER (voice-over): We're here to see something extraordinary -- Greenland's retreating ice has revealed a new island. There are at least 15 active fires tonight. 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. A tribal elder tells us they fight hard to protect their land and keep their traditions alive. Now unable to grow their own food, they are dependent on supplies from the government of Papa New Guinea that come twice a year by vote from another island 60 miles away, just twice a year. And big cities are in the way of these tornadoes. (voice-over): Biologist Jeff Corwin and I have come here to learn why and see what impact Greenland's melting ice sheets could have on all of us in the decades ahead. It's not easy to land on a glacier, especially one jutting out from a steep mountain. Originally, four series were produced (the fourth was a remake of the first), which was translated into 17 languages (including Hindi, Turkish and Dutch) and broadcast in countries worldwide (including . GUPTA: We're here because we are told this is one of the most concrete examples of climate change anywhere in the world. This journey around the globe is an investigation into the reasons our planet is changing. Credit: CC0 Public Domain. CORWIN (voice-over): Searching for polar bears in Northeastern Alaska isn't like looking for a needle in a haystack, it's like looking for a haystack-colored needle in a haystack. COOPER (voice-over): The men are arrested and charged with possessing arms and hunting in the preserve, charges that could get them ten years in jail. COOPER: Good news that, Chad. Arson investigators say one of them, the Santiago fire near Los Angeles, had three points of origin. MICHAELS: The problem is, we have these things called computer models. If we don't, we can live one day without food or two days without food. It doesn't take long for them to pick up one of the illegal roads made by poachers. Everywhere we've gone, we've been told the same thing. Or "Mom, when I'm this age." (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) MICHAEL R. NIGGLI, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC: There are a lot of people returning to their homes right now. That means the smoke is going to get thicker and not going to get blown way. PLANET IN PERIL continues in a moment. (on camera): We're in a fishing community here. COOPER (voice-over): He records the changing ice sheet through a network of monitoring and GPS stations. "Planet in Peril: Battle Lines" takes viewers on a journey around the world to places where natural resources are caught in the crossfire of conflict. (on camera): These roads, as bumpy and -- and terrible as they are, what's even worse about them is that the roads are the conduit for the habitat loss. COOPER: That was far more unpleasant than it needed to be. This is a planet in peril. We see it, not just with the Kraho but also with others we've met in Cambodia and China and Africa. For IBAMA, secrecy is key. Jungles and rainforests are home to an incredible variety of species . (END VIDEOTAPE) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: I'm Anderson Cooper, Rancho Bernardo, California. GUPTA: They say that the water is actually going to cover this entire island. more than 6,000 pages of transcriptsand a spellbinding and denitive portrait of a nation on the brink. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She may have looked like a little old lady to people from outside. (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. COOPER: I joined him to see his latest -- one of the starkest examples of climate change. CORWIN: Not all of it illegally logged, but a significant amount. This worldwide investigation, which premiered October 23, 2007, looks at four key issues: climate change, vanishing habitats, disappearing species and human population growth. Overpopulation, deforestation, species lost, climate change. There are even cases of polar bears cannibalizing each other when the food runs short. Climate change is real, and is fast plummeting into "climate chaos" for the Philippines and for the rest of the world. COOPER: More people are born, economies boom. Authorities say the Santiago Fire near Los Angeles had three points of origin. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, OK. We're flying right over it now. 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 . (on camera): But you still are optimistic, despite everything that we talked about this today, that water is going to cover all this once again? 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