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Al Gore:
If Greenland broke up and melted, or if half of Greenland and half of West Antarctica broke up and melted, this is what would happen... Al Gore:
Here's Manhattan. This is the WTC memorial site. And after the horrible events of 9/11, we said, "Never again." But this is what would happen to Manhattan. [animation shows how sea level rise would affect Manhattan, flooding the WTC site] Al Gore:
They can measure this precisely, just as the scientists could predict precisely how much water would breach the levees in New Orleans. The area where the WTC Memorial is to be located would be underwater
If Greenland broke up and melted, or if half of Greenland and half of West Antarctica broke up and melted, this is what would happen... Al Gore:
Here's Manhattan. This is the WTC memorial site. And after the horrible events of 9/11, we said, "Never again." But this is what would happen to Manhattan. [animation shows how sea level rise would affect Manhattan, flooding the WTC site] Al Gore:
They can measure this precisely, just as the scientists could predict precisely how much water would breach the levees in New Orleans. The area where the WTC Memorial is to be located would be underwater
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Greenland on its side there
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I say canary in the coal mine
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because the Arctic is one of the two regions of the world
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that uh is experiencing faster impacts
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from global warming
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This is the largest ice shelf in the Arctic
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the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf
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It just cracked in half three years ago
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The scientists were astonished
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These are called drunken trees just going every which way
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This is not caused by wind damage or alcohol consumption
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Movie Summary
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effec
