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GUPTA: We're hearing people are getting cancer from drinking water. (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. CORWIN: He's got five rifles. "Planet In Peril" continues after this break. Global warming might be causing a slight rise in sea levels, but its largest effect here is damage to the coral reefs that protects these islands. 8 deg Fahrenheit Climate change; deforestation; species loss. STEFFEN: Yes, this is a moulin. COOPER (voice-over): Even the map of Greenland is changing. DENNIS SCHMIDT: Yes. COOPER: Climate change isn't just having an impact here in the interior of Greenland. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So here's the plan. AMSTRUP: The top of the shoulder. In recent years, we had a gap of sometimes as much as 200 miles north of the Alaska coast. COOPER: When did you realize, wait a minute, this is an island, this is not part of the mainland? Arctic temperatures are rising faster than anywhere else on Earth. GUPTA: So, this used to be up to 60 kilograms? From the air you really get a sense of just how much of the rainforest has already been destroyed. And Amstrup, hanging from the side of his window, aims and takes his shot. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did you get it? Sponsored. And remember, if you want to brake, pull the rope up toward you. COOPER: Already polar bears' behavior is changing. Police take them back to the scene, and they re-enact the brutal crime. Well, on the contrary. Jungles and rainforests are home to an incredible variety of species . That water absorbs the sun's heat and causes more ice to melt. There are very few people watching over you. We are fighting for survival. Polar bears are probably the most important symbol of the Arctic from the standpoint of a measure of the health of the Arctic ecosystem because they are entirely dependent on the surface of the sea ice on catching all of their food and the food that they eat, the seals and other marine mammals, are entirely dependent on the ecosystem below them. thu3092002. If you take that number -- this is only based on melt. It's obvious here. (voice-over) After the festivities, we join the tribe for a meeting, where they share grim news of what's happening to their home. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No. They're agents with IBAMA, the Brazilian government's environmental protection agency. planet in peril transcript 3- Classes pack for $45 planet in peril transcript for new clients only. Planet in Peril Aired December 20, 2009 - 20:00 ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. It is staggering -- at least $1 billion in San Diego County alone. It happens there, and it happens here. Flames from the Harris fire threatened the power lines. BOYA BAI 7. WHITE: We will have both a political and a legal battle with the industry until we get widespread agreement for them to do stuff. COOPER (on camera): A different path, because we are destroying much of what remains of the natural world. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If these plants were emitting these kinds of levels in River Oaks, it wouldn't be happening, I promise. andrew192904. COOPER: Houston Mayor Bill White has pledged to reduce the level of air toxins for those communities, even if it means playing hardball. 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 -. There are ripple effects and that is putting our planet in peril. (on camera): It seems, though, the problem is, once you get out to these remote areas, you can do just about anything. With three renowned correspondents Anderson Cooper, Sanjay Gupta and Jeff Corwin, it examines the effects of population growth, rising . This is a peninsula that became an island because the ice fields that connected it to the mainland of Greenland melted and structurally destabilized and broke away. COOPER: Activists call it environmental racism and say it's not just happening in Texas. This reef is dying, which means less protection from storms and fewer fish to eat. 1 In "Planet in Peril," CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, CNN's chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and Animal Planet host and wildlife biologist Jeff Corwin take viewers around the globe for a two-part documentary on the threats to the world's environment. These four men have been taken into custody. So, I think we are running out of time. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She's now at 12 o'clock, doc, right off the nose. None of what's happening is occurring in a vacuum. Five hundred homes lost here in Lake Arrowhead. Anderson honors Flight 370's missing. As the atmosphere warms, the ice here melts and breaks apart, exposing water. We have this sow and she's got some cubs alongside. It's the fire that did some of the power outage damage. PLANET IN PERIL continues in a moment. Where there was water, now only sand. COOPER: Good news that, Chad. Tens of millions of people will have to be relocated. PAT MICHAELS, PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: Oh, heck no. PLANET IN PERIL continues right after this break. And it's unclear exactly why. CORWIN: You've got to lean back. Journey Into Space is a BBC Radio science fiction programme written by BBC producer Charles Chilton.It was the last UK radio programme to attract a bigger evening audience than television. . Unbelievable Washington landslide survival story. Even if they had enough food in terms of quantity, the quality is decreasing. The rising seas have washed it out. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, yes. Guide | Transcript Transcript PREVIOUSLY ON STARGATE SG-1 [Scenes from Summit where Yu objects to Anubis being made a System Lord. And that's what's happening to the lake. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) GUPTA: Flying over the Solomon Sea in the South Pacific, the ocean and the sky melt together in a blue/green haze. I mean, if you're in New York or Iowa, what impact does the rain forest really have on your life? COOPER: You have to be very careful when you're walking on a sheet of ice or a glacier in Greenland because there can be hidden crevices that open up. You've seen the front lines, the facts on the ground. What's going to happen to you? COOPER (voice-over): And a pack of hunting dogs. What's the significance of a moulin? It's now the number one killer here. We are stranded as it turns out right now. He got right up to one of the fire lines today. COOPER: Struggles for land, fights over resources, people drink from polluted rivers in China and die in broken villages invisible from the gleaming towers of Beijing. We're going to go home now. It's 114 degrees in the desert, and things take a turn for the worse. A little bit ago in San Diego County, about 200 more people were ordered out of their homes. Nothing happens in a vacuum. 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. COOPER: This is a planet under assault. 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. And that's true. Earlier this year the University of Texas released a study showing kids living within two miles of the ship channel had a 56 percent greater chance of getting leukemia. Even so, not to fear, says Michaels. $1.55. We're just on top of it. The icy expanse of Greenland, land and sky seem frozen forever. "Doubling down" on medical marijuana. COOPER (voice-over): We're here to see something extraordinary -- Greenland's retreating ice has revealed a new island. But those here in San Diego County are still raging out of control, threatening more than 8,000 homes right now. 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. 50 terms. But the water crisis may be more than just climate change. The cold hasn't snapped their sense of humor. Lake Chad borders four different countries - Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There's a lot of animals right here that range the gamut of critical status. No kidding, you look great. The thing is, we've also learned that climate change is impacting total environments as well as the ice on top of Greenland is very quickly melting way. But those in Qualcomm Stadium are still worrying about those homes. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This island exists because of global warming. Arson investigators say one of them, the Santiago fire near Los Angeles, had three points of origin. And, as we heard from the fisherman himself, he said, water will come. RICK SANCHEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, the Harris fire. I sailed into the peninsula. But it's also something that's having a major impact on people and animals right now. Suddenly, she was confronted by two men. Over the past 30 years, the water has steadily receded. (on camera): So this is a moola (ph)? Finding the roads made by the loggers is easy. 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. In the documentary, William, who is dad to 7-year-old son Prince George . COOPER: I've (INAUDIBLE). That doesn't mean these people can relax, however. So from the air, we can look down at the coral, it certainly looked like a lot of it was dead. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I will have to stay. These are the men bent on stopping that. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) CORWIN (voice-over): We are on the heels of a mother polar bear and her two cubs. That's all -- the water that supplies the lake is all coming through here. And this is what it looks like here on the ground. COOPER (on camera): No one has ever been here? There is an effort under way to get a law passed in Texas, but Professor McGarity (ph) says it's going to be an uphill battle, because when it comes to the oil industry here, old habits die hard. We press on. A stark finding that for Dr. Steffen raises a very basic question. I'm Anderson Cooper. Conservation Science and Advocacy for a Planet in Peril: Speaking Truth to Power helps equip scientists working on environmental and sustainability challenges with new tactics for success. The Spirit of Earth, Gaia, is woken from a century-long sleep at Hope Island to discover that Earth is dying because of humans' carelessness in deforestation, pollution, over-hunting, and . UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, it is definitely sinking but the life here is too valuable to leave. When she turns to go, they shoot her at point-blank range, leaving her in the mud to die. 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. STEFFEN: Hey. They have just found a truck with some people. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Let's do it. We can renew the forest. (on camera): Do you expect to find other islands that were previously thought to be connected to the inland? $1.50 + $1.10 shipping. Authorities credit massive evacuations with savings lives. In San Diego County alone, the damage already tops an estimated $1 billion. species loss in another part of the world affects everyone. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The female cub. Thanks. COOPER: Where islands are discovered. In the distance, the agents spot something suspicious. Dennis chose the name Warming Island. 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. Words were exchanged, and one of the men took out a gun. We're almost at the top of the world. Death rates from tornadoes are going down, down, down, and down. And that's all we have for the future. COOPER: Nothing to do with science and everything to do with money. lt's the eye make-up. 1978 Battlestar Galactica a Planet in Peril #101. S01:E02 - The Monsters of Mongo. Let's check it out. There are at least 15 active fires tonight. By 2100, we will be more likely one meter -- three feet -- instead of one-and-a-half feet. (END VIDEOTAPE) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: I'm Anderson Cooper in Rancho Bernardo, California. data collected during a RAP. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. STEFFEN: First of all, it got much warmer than we expected. MICHAELS: I think a lot of people have not looked at the adaptational responses that human beings have. But not all of the trees are cut down for big profits. Episode 1 Planet In Peril, Pt. COOPER (voice-over): When you discover an island here, pending approval, you get to name it. And now we're going to move in. But over the past 40 years, Lake Chad in central Africa has shrunk by 90 percent. CORWIN: Not much. Much of it is siphoned off to irrigate crops. Nothing occurs in a vacuum in the natural world. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's going to be reflected at the top among the political appointees, who are more a part of this -- shall we say -- wild west culture where anything goes. 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. A quick search turns up a small arsenal. Well, let's explore it further. The number of deaths caused by ambient air, chemical, and soil pollutionthe forms of pollution associated with modern industrial and urban developmentare increasing. PLANET IN PERIL continues in a moment. 11 terms. 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