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An Inconvenient Truth
A.Michelle
AP Biology
October 4th, 2012

An Inconvenient Truth

What is it one thinks of when hearing Global warming? The same old tell that the earth is getting hotter, people say "ugh it's snowing here, this means the earth is getting colder". Others see many different Biomes changing, and yes of course, it must be mother natural. Is no one going to blame themselves, is no one going to stand and say we must stop this. We did it with the Ozone, we can do it with the warming. We have to make a difference before this planet becomes..BLAH??? Who can make a difference, can one voice really help, it sure helped me. The Inconvenient truth was a 2006 Oscar award winning document directed By Davis Guggenhiem, which former United States Vice President Al Gore's informed people about the effects of global warming. Al Gore uses a comprehensive slide show to describe the tragedy and how global waring is effected not only the United states but the entire world. With in the movie Al Gore travels around the world spreading the news and the actual truth about global warming that people wouldn't normally hear. An Inconvenient Truth is not a story of distress but rather a cry to protect the one earth we all share. "It is now clear that we face a deepening global climate crisis that requires us to act boldly, quickly, and wisely," said Gore. Within our Biology class, one has learned many facts or will soon begin to to learn many things that has been interpreting in "an inconvenient truth". Carbon cycle, ecosystem, the green house gases, biomes, global climate patterns, conveyor belt and extinction. The carbon cycle starts with carbon being removed from the atmosphere by being taken in through primary producers or plants, throughout the process of photosynthesis. Carbon then goes from living things to soil, returns to the atmosphere by respiration in plants and animals. Also through the burning of wood, fossil fuel and automobiles. Ecosystem is a complex set of

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