We continue our journey, a bumpy ride for another few hours. Boosters Step into your powered armor and grab your About; Blog; Projects; Help; Donate. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, OK. We're flying right over it now. There is no online registration for the intro class Terms of usage & Conditions This is a planet in peril. Another update in 15 minutes. GUPTA: That sounds pretty scary. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) ANDERSON COOPER, HOST (voice-over): For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. But is it a crisis or hype? Plants and animals lost forever. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And there's a bear right there. He'd always say that. Name: Date: Movie: Planet in Peril - Part I and II: Use each segment as case studies. Steve got (INAUDIBLE) shot, he landed that anesthetic dart right in the shoulder about a minute ago. STEFFEN: Be careful. What the (EXPLETIVE DELETED). BOYA BAI 7. My colleague, Rick Sanchez, is covering one of the two big fires now happening in this area. It's not ready. You also see dramatic changes in the overall geography of the island, particularly on the coastal areas. Strength emerges after landslide's loss. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This is what it's all about right here. It outlines the solutions that have been tried, and analyzes why they have thus far fallen short. When the algae leaves, coral takes on the bleach coloring. Also, I spent the day out there. SCHMIDT: No one has ever been here before. Hi, Anderson. But many don't want to go, and it's easy to see why. We are changing our climate, he says, and are risking a different planet. That's all -- the water that supplies the lake is all coming through here. COOPER (on camera): No one has ever been here? So, I think we are running out of time. 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. STEFFEN: We have several sensors at different levels. JAMES HANSEN, DIRECTOR, NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES: You know, nothing could be further from the truth. STEFFEN: We actually drove 11 miles. How much, how fast, a matter of debate; but tens of millions will be affected in this century. Or "I'm going to be chief of police" since he was little. While there's no clear-cut link. shows global trends, connected through ecosphere. RICK SANCHEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, the Harris fire. But the water crisis may be more than just climate change. It's about the front lines, the places where threats aren't just forecasts of the future, but are happening now. The life here is too valuable to lose. In 2005, the Associated Press found African-Americans are 79 percent more likely than whites to live in neighborhoods where industrial pollution is suspected of posing the greatest health danger. CORWIN: His data indicates an animal that's changing along with the habitat around it. It is not right. COOPER: Where water is poisoned. View Jordan Allen - Planet in Peril Part Iand 2.docx from SCIENCE 101 at Royal Palm Beach High School. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, it is definitely sinking but the life here is too valuable to leave. COOPER: And me, I'm Regal Bird. (on camera): The scientists who are warning of huge changes within our lifetime, are those just scare tactics? GUPTA: They say that the water is actually going to cover this entire island. Back on the muddy and rutted roads with Ibama, agents continue to comb the forest for anything that looks out of place. OK. The A.P. A study released in 2006 showed the concentration of known carcinogens benzene and 1-3-butadiene was significantly higher. COOPER: So, because of the research you've been doing here, what is it that alarms you in terms of climate change? Good deal. Many coral reefs often die after bleaching. And Amstrup, hanging from the side of his window, aims and takes his shot. He's even got a slingshot. This is basically the pathway for which the timber comes out. Step up. VALENTIN MARROQUIN, CANCER PATIENT: Cook (ph). The pressure on dwindling resources becomes clear. If we looked at Earth from outer space, it would appear that our . Of course, we don't want mom and the cubs to separate. 1 James Gustave Speth The limits of Growth 3 Daniel Quinn The danger of Human Exceptionalism 9 The Dalai Lama a Question of our own survival 15 E. O. Wilson The Fate of Creation is the Fate of Humanity 21 Sheila Watt-Cloutier The inuit right to Culture Based COOPER: Crime? Then we can go over to the work tent. planet in peril transcript INTRO OFFER!!! It's taken as many lives in one year as. We consume and grow more each passing year. So to welcome us, they want to baptize us. And, right here, between that land over there and this land over here, this is the river mouth. Thousands were killed. But the winds are dying down, and that gives firefighters a chance to possibly gain the upper hand. COOPER: That sounds good. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: One-third less pollution in the Houston Ship Channel this year compared to last year because of our approach of bringing companies in, telling them what we want and we're seeing those reductions. What is the impact on the people that live here? COOPER (voice-over): In case you're wondering, there is a bathroom. If we don't, we can live one day without food or two days without food. While a scientific consensus says man is responsible for global warming, Michaels, like Senator Inhofe, says money is the prime motivator. COOPER: And that may be true. Well, let's explore it further. The water is more shallow there and the seals are more plentiful. What's the situation there -- Ted? Going to have a special hour on the fire, starting at 11 p.m. Eastern Time. (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. COOPER: Where endangered animals are bought and sold and killed. Summary. R. MARROQUIN: When you're sitting out there, when you're watching them play, you think, "Is it going to happen? We are stranded. This is a small fire set by a man who is cutting down a couple of acres of land. Planet in Peril, filmed across four continents and 13 countries, airs over two nights on CNN/U.S. So we decided we would go out and put our tents outside. There are no easy solutions. (on camera): Here's one of the best examples of what's happening to the water here. The latest satellite picture showing still blowing offshore, although lightly now. They are still burning and still dangerous, but they are moving more slowly. (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. Some scientists question the data and the models that predict climate change. Jungles and rainforests are home to an incredible variety of species . COOPER: Really? STEFFEN: But during the cold years, we had some water that froze in the middle tent, which was our sleep tent, which was not very comfortable. CORWIN: These gentlemen have been very, very busy. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: I'm Anderson Cooper in Rancho Bernardo, California. So the melt season got much larger. They want to go in and give us local names, names in their language, and also give us tribal markings. Adaptation. And then it's a (INAUDIBLE) beneath the ice. SISTER DOROTHY STANG, NUN/CONSERVATIONIST: The only thing they know is survival farming. As we sailed into the base of it and we kept finding open water, I became disoriented. Kraho are trying to take matters into their own hands. They have just found a truck with some people. Coral bleaching, scientists say, is a result of global warming, and it's happening in oceans around the world. COOPER (voice-over): Dr. Steffen and his team live in a research station called Swiss Camp. Only a few hours until President Bush flies to California. Plus if we have fish from the sea, then we have fish. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I will have to stay. 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. CORWIN: Absolutely. What's not so easy is traveling them during the rainy season. 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? And big cities are in the way of these tornadoes. 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. What's happening here is a sobering glimpse into what scientist says the future will look like even if modest sea level rise predictions prove true. Prince William Unveils Ambitious New Environmental Mission: 'The Earth Is at a Tipping Point and We Face a Stark Choice'. 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. While difficult to measure exactly how much, scientists believe part of the rise is due to melting glaciers and ice sheets, like the ones we saw in Greenland. GUPTA: But it might not be that simple. But above and beyond that, beyond the environment, beyond the impact on wildlife, human beings can be negatively impacted from climate change. COOPER: When did you realize, wait a minute, this is an island, this is not part of the mainland? COOPER: This stinky neighborhood because it sits next to the Houston Ship Channel, the largest petrochemical complex in America. But who lived with her, she wasn't a little old lady. After filtering, Salmon (v1.6.0) was used to map the reads to the transcriptome followed by transcript quantification for quality control. (on camera): Tonight, we begin a place that's warming faster than just about any other place on Earth -- Greenland's ice sheet. OK, now let's get the bears back together. Just let yourself slide down, Anderson. Sister Dorothy came to Anapu from her native Ohio in 1983. I can tell you that right now. These men are hunting not just for themselves. COOPER: Illegally logged, for the most part? And that's true. What's the significance of a moulin? COOPER: I joined him to see his latest -- one of the starkest examples of climate change. Already small islands slip beneath the sea. But there are powerful voices who say otherwise. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, yes. In all these places, all these problems are interconnected. If they encroached on a peasant's land, Stang would report them to the government. Public Libraries; K-12 Schools; Business & Law; 1. GUPTA: And it's just a few grams now? He joins us from Spring Valley by the Harris fire -- Rick. Some people say it's climate change. This is a lead. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes. So, what does that really spell for the forecast? Instead, tragically, 2,000 people live here, and they are literally being washed away. COOPER: Good news that, Chad. CNN's Ted Rowlands is north of here in the San Bernardino Mountains, near Lake Arrowhead. V. MARROQUIN: To change the pollution to somewhere else. Fifteen separate wildfires are now burning in California. (END VIDEOTAPE) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: "Planet In Peril" continues in a moment. The question is, why? DR. KONRAD STEFFEN, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: We have never seen a temperature rise in Greenland that drastic over a short period. This is the Running Springs fired. But that's not what is happening today. But, today, he's brought the vast majority of the scientific community to his side. Most of those strike teams, as we've seen them working in the area with the battalion commander. That's what parents fear. There will be others. COOPER (voice-over): Last year, Konnie and his team actually lowered a camera inside a moulin, capturing the first video from deep inside this icy tunnel. Heading back towards shore from Lake Chad, our journey here is coming to a close. But Inhofe questions the motives of those who say man is responsible for global warming. (voice-over) Their truck is broken down, and they say they need help. COOPER: He's been coming here for more than 40 years. That's in about ten minutes from now. Brazil is the number one soy producer in the world. provide stability, collect water, prevent run-off, remove carbon dioxide. Those west winds, Anderson, could fan the flames a little bit for the end of the week, but, so far, about 15 to 20 miles per hour -- Anderson. 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. First an update on the California fires. COOPER: Tough talk, but here's something that might surprise you. And, in fact, I'm a good example of that, because when I first spoke out about this in 1981, I ended up losing my funding. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) CORWIN (voice-over): We are on the heels of a mother polar bear and her two cubs. PLANET IN PERIL continues in a moment. Number of episodes: 3. COOPER: Climb back. The Lake Chad Basin Commission has a plan to divert water from the Congo River, but it remains controversial and unfunded. Dennis chose the name Warming Island. (voice-over) They say they've run off poachers on these patrols before, where their territory is huge and their numbers small, so the poachers keep coming back. 3 terms. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, look at that! CORWIN: So, basically, it's providing this layer of viscosity to the ice to slide on. 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. Arctic temperatures are rising faster than anywhere else on Earth. STEFFEN: Even if you reduce CO2 output at the current level and leave it level, the climate will continue to warm. I mean, if you're in New York or Iowa, what impact does the rain forest really have on your life? His position has led to some intense political theater. 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. STEFFEN: Hi, Terrie. There are very few people watching over you. Firefighters are getting a grip on the wildfires around Los Angeles. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: 370. What is left is a daily struggle. (voice-over): Cutting down and burning trees not only clears the land; it releases nutrients into the soil, making the ground more fertile. The water here used to be at least six feet high and now all around me, there's nothing. And when we look at these computer models, one of the things we see is that they tend to predict more warming than is occurring. Millions live near coastlines less than three feet above sea level. Scenes from Meridian where Carter says Daniel has had a lethal dose of radiation and him in the infirmary. Free shipping. COOPER: Houston Mayor Bill White has pledged to reduce the level of air toxins for those communities, even if it means playing hardball. CORWIN: Under nutritional stress because it's simply getting harder for bears to eat. Ice does accumulate in the interior, but more ice is breaking off and melting at the edges. Environmentalism: the pet project of the rich, the cause for celebs. COOPER: Valentin still loves his neighborhood and playing outside. He's got three machetes. Models, you see, also underestimated our changing climate. From the CNN documentary Planet in Peril (2007), clip on animals being bought and sold in the JJ Market in Thailand. But is climate change really responsible for what's washing away their world? UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The fact is that a minimum of 20 percent of all global emissions are coming from destruction of tropical forests. 1978 Topps Battlestar Galactica #11 A world in flames! You could fall right through, and that will be the end of you. 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