planet in peril transcript

This is our work center, as we call it, the computing room. I'm Anderson Cooper. And what he's discovered is startling. He's going to visit the state tomorrow. But the winds are dying down, and that gives firefighters a chance to possibly gain the upper hand. Now, there was some evidence of live coral, but it was interesting that some of that appeared to be dying in the process as well. (on camera): This is really the front line of deforestation. 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 . The National Cancer Institute says that, of the 3,000 plants that fight cancer cells, 70 percent of them are found in the Amazon rain forest. Instead, she opened the Bible she was carry in her hand and read a passage from the gospel of Matthew: "Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied." It's 114 degrees in the desert, and things take a turn for the worse. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, wildlife biologist Jeff Corwin, and I, travel to some 13 countries on four. (on camera): What are these rotating things? And the people are stronger than ever, and we do not intend to leave here. We've met literally hundreds of people along the way, some of whom you've been introduced to over the past two nights. CORWIN: He's got five rifles. It's about the front lines, the. Excellent. COOPER: So, because of the research you've been doing here, what is it that alarms you in terms of climate change? It also has to continue to do a little bit of damage in that area just where I'm pointing right now. GUPTA: The people of the Carterets call themselves some of the world's first climb change refugees. The film takes a close look at the world's changing eco-system, focusing heavily on four environmental issues . There are ripple effects and that is putting our planet in peril. Yes, for the survival of humankind. I am feeding (ph). COOPER: This is a planet under assault. In San Diego County alone, the damage already tops an estimated $1 billion. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime: two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. As the earth gets warmer, moisture in the atmosphere that used to fall as rain, instead evaporates. STEFFEN: Be careful. In all these places, all these problems are interconnected. COOPER (voice-over): Four-and-a-half degrees Celsius is eight degrees Fahrenheit. These four men have been taken into custody. First an update on the wildfires. (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. But think about the other kind of costs associated with it, that add up. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) CORWIN (voice-over): We are on the heels of a mother polar bear and her two cubs. Prince William Unveils Ambitious New Environmental Mission: 'The Earth Is at a Tipping Point and We Face a Stark Choice'. So far, flames have burned almost 700 square miles. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: 370. We're going to take you right to the front lines of the Harris fire with Rick Sanchez. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She may have looked like a little old lady to people from outside. the committee's support for landmarking the fixed seats is a major setback for Another Planet . What are we doing to our natural world? Planet in Peril: Humanity's Four Greatest Challenges and How We Can Overcome Them. The Amazon is a vital resource for the world, as well. I'm Anderson Cooper. And that's what we see the ice moves faster. R. MARROQUIN: That's all I remember, just time stops. brings together the testimony of over eighty visionariestheologians and religious leaders, scientists, elected officials, business leaders, naturalists, activists, and writersto present a diverse and compelling call to honor our individual and collective moral responsibility to our planet.. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They thought that killing her would end it. (on camera): Wherever you go in Brazil, in the Amazon, you will find that, fire. STEFFEN: Yes, this is a moulin. You can see some of the trees here. Her children were safe; at least, that's what she thought. What we saw from above the islands was a coral reef that appeared bleached and dying. We've arranged to visit one small tribe, the Kraho Indians in the Tacantin state of Brazil. Armed with a pistol just in case, Amstrup and I move in to secure the cubs. We wondered, did something happen to the once-mighty river that feeds Lake Chad? COOPER (voice-over): Anything goes. "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 . For example, 20 percent of the world's water is locked up in rain forest habitat, specifically the Amazon Basin. But not all of the trees are cut down for big profits. Going to have a special hour on the fire, starting at 11 p.m. Eastern Time. We actually stand in our refrigerator. There's actually no law, no ambient air standards, either state or federal, requiring companies to limit the amount of hazardous air pollutants they pump out. News / By Pangambam S / January 21, 2021 2:15 am. GUPTA: I met with one of the island's chiefs, Bernard Tunim (ph). Our world is in peril. And then it's a (INAUDIBLE) beneath the ice. Planet in Peril Aired December 20, 2009 - 20:00 ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. And the IBAMA agents know that. (on camera): It's so disturbing to see this. It's clear the weather patterns here have changed. 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. COOPER: Huge. COOPER: And me, I'm Regal Bird. But to really see what's happening here, you need to get on the ground. "And that . CORWIN: These guys have all the classic tools of the trade when it comes to poaching wildlife. We traveled the world and the issues are real. COOPER: Right. The co-pilot jumps out to test the snow pack. When we come back, our investigation continues beneath the surface. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Here we are suffering. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I will have to stay. What's not so easy is traveling them during the rainy season. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. Fifteen fires are burning tonight. And the diet of people is becoming less balanced. Most of those strike teams, as we've seen them working in the area with the battalion commander. PAT MICHAELS, PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: Oh, heck no. There are at least 15 active fires tonight. (on camera): We're in a fishing community here. The Marroquins say they can't leave here because they can't afford it. U.S. Geological Survey scientist Steve Amstrup loads his tranquilizer gun. The consensus among scientists is something is different. It outlines the solutions that have been tried, and analyzes why . COOPER: Good news that, Chad. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This island exists because of global warming. . It might be the only way to save an animal that, along with its habitat, could simply disappear. STEFFEN: That's one of the largest temperature increases we have on Earth. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, yes. But this has something to do with it. Planet Money looks into the recent financial troubles at First Republic Bank. CORWIN: Very much so. Daniel also tells O'Neill he'll miss SG-1 and then he ascends.] What can be done? Anderson finds Kiev calm but ready for battle. Northeast of here, in the mountains around Lake Arrowhead, thick smoke forcing a three hour stop for water aerial drops. Even if they had enough food in terms of quantity, the quality is decreasing. When she turns to go, they shoot her at point-blank range, leaving her in the mud to die. He's exploring how a warming planet is impacting the polar bear. We're looking for COOPER (voice-over): Schmidt is a modern-day explorer. PLANET IN PERIL continues in a moment. Firefighters are getting a grip on the wildfires around Los Angeles. government protects new species and areas of forest. Planet in peril chemicals and Greenland. (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? They want to go in and give us local names, names in their language, and also give us tribal markings. INHOFE: I don't want to be rude, but, from now on, I'm going to ask COOPER: James Inhofe, Republican senator from Oklahoma, is the loudest voice with probably the biggest platform who questions whether man is responsible for climate change. And they're being cut down at a breathtaking rate. COOPER: So in the summer months ahead, as the temperature increases, water will actually start flowing through here? Statewide, nearly one million people have had to flee. But many of them will come back, unfortunately, to this -- Anderson. Arson investigators say one of them, the Santiago fire near Los Angeles, had three points of origin. That's all -- the water that supplies the lake is all coming through here. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're right on them. But killing Sister Dorothy did not have the result some ranchers may have hoped for. And that's all we have for the future. 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? This is an issue of timing. But the other reason, says environmental law professor Tom McGarity (ph), is because of race. And big cities are in the way of these tornadoes. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. Tens of millions of people will have to be relocated. But is it a crisis or hype? "Planet in Peril" examines the environmental conflicts between growing populations and natural resources. Did the water just knock them down? I have 15. If we don't, we can live one day without food or two days without food. But then '94, '95, it started to warm steadily. They've destroyed nearly 1,600 homes and nearly a half million acres across seven counties here in Southern California. Heard on Morning Edition. COOPER: Ted, we'll check in with you at the 11:00 East Coast time, with an hour long look at what has been happening here. Well, let's explore it further. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes. (voice-over): You're looking at one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in the world, the Amazon rain forest. Those two industries continue to expand, and they need land to do it. And now we're going to move in. They are all here, more than 200 of them, to try to put a stop to the animal poachers and loggers who are tearing this forest apart. It's not easy to land on a glacier, especially one jutting out from a steep mountain. The Lake Chad Basin Commission has a plan to divert water from the Congo River, but it remains controversial and unfunded. CORWIN: Clearly, their motivation was a bit more insidious. This means there is no healthy wetlands, so no healthy fish, so no healthy people. COOPER: If the sea levels, by the models that we have now, are going to rise three feet in the next hundred years, can that be reversed still? (COMMERCIAL BREAK) GUPTA: Flying over the Solomon Sea in the South Pacific, the ocean and the sky melt together in a blue/green haze. The Bush administration is proposing adding the polar bear to the endangered species list. COOPER (voice-over): The World Conservation Union says the Amazon is home to nearly 1,000 threatened species of plants and animals. It doesn't take long for them to pick up one of the illegal roads made by poachers. COOPER: Where endangered animals are bought and sold and killed. San Francisco is his home base, but Greenland is more like home. If the entire ice sheet dissolved, sea levels would rise by 23 feet -- spurning a global catastrophe that would flood coastal cities and displace tens of millions of people. andrew192904. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The female cub. Really? CORWIN: Thank you. Crucible Vocab. planet in peril transcript INTRO OFFER!!! Why? We are 60 miles from any land, only open waters in every direction. Transcript Providers Return to Transcripts main page Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees Planet in Peril; Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone; Reaction to Britney Spears' Buzz Aired February 19, 2007 -. As Lake Chad disappears, many have nowhere else to go. Or "I'm going to be chief of police" since he was little. We are fighting for survival. (voice-over) They name Jeff Running Deer. This was their garden. This isn't happening. We see it, not just with the Kraho but also with others we've met in Cambodia and China and Africa. You have to see it to believe it. 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. Ecological Issues for Local Citizen Action. But just listen. Lake Chad borders four different countries - Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger. That's where the real debate is now. Computer models had one million square miles of it melting by the year 2050. Here's the latest on tonight's breaking news -- the wildfires. As the atmosphere warms, the ice here melts and breaks apart, exposing water. GORE: Well, I can't help that, because you went on for a long time. COOPER: Nothing to do with science and everything to do with money. Written by an award-winning historian of science and technology, Planet in Peril describes the top four mega-dangers facing humankind - climate change, nukes, pandemics, and artificial intelligence. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, it will. 3 terms. Believe it or not, this is the rainy season. We're in the wake of the fire and you can see the devastate it's left behind. The death toll remains only one. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If these plants were emitting these kinds of levels in River Oaks, it wouldn't be happening, I promise. $1.50 + $1.10 shipping. STEFFEN: First of all, it got much warmer than we expected. 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planet in peril transcript