Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth is now on video to rent or own.
It makes a great educational gift for the holidays. Set up a family or mass viewing. Help spread this urgent message.
Global Warming by the Numbers
Some chilling statistics to think about:
1 - Rank of 2005 as hottest year on record (tied with 1998), according to NASA.100 % - Increase in intensity and duration of hurricanes and tropical stormssince the 1970's, according to a 2005 MIT study.
$100 billion - Estimate of damage caused by hurricanes hitting the U.S. coast in 2005 alone, according to the National Climatic Data Center.
2030 - Year by which Glacier National Park will have no glaciers left, according to the U.S. Geological Survey predictions.
400,000 - Square miles of Arctic sea ice that have melted in the last 30 years (roughly the size of Texas), threatening polar bear habitats and further accelerating global warming worldwide, according to the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.
15-37%- Amount of plant and animal species that global warming could wipe out by 2050.
1 - Rank of the United States as a global warming polluter compared to other large nations.
6- Number of former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency leaders who say the U.S. is not doing enough to fight global warming.
0- Number of bills passed by Congress to cut global warming pollution.
0- Number of times President Bush has mentioned the words "global warming," or "climate change" in previous State of the Union addresses.
2003 - Europe suffered worst heat wave in history where 27,000 people died
US and Australia didn't sign the Kyoto Treaty
It took 10 centuries for the oceans to rise as much as they did in the 20th century.
Sources: NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2005 Study, Nature Magazine January 2004, National Climatic Data Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.
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