I Heart Global Warming

My english teacher is in love with having us write 4 million critical reviews that have to do with Al Gore and President Obama. Now I have to write an essay on Peter Landesman's theory of how incorrect global warming is.
I knew this had to be wrong. So of coarse i gotta come to vanguard to find the right answer :)

keep revealing whats real guys!! :D

"adapt or die"

I hope everyone hears that.

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When the lady says that the soil has been frozen since the vikings and now as it unfreezes she can smell the livestock they had really hits the point of global warming.

This documentary was truly insightful, and did an excellent job in causing me to become avidly interested in global warming. For years was I complacent concerning the issue because there was always something that seemed more pressing occuring in the world, however this documentary is moving, surprisingly poetic, and has definitely kept me interested in global warming.

It make me want to go to see greenland. It looks so beautiful. Cheers global warming....

Really great story. Recommend also Jared Diamond's book "Collapse - how societies choose to fail and succeed" - for more on the environmental and sociological reasons of the original Viking failure in Greenland.

Yep. I recall a documentary from a while back saying that our free market economic system requires population growth to succeed. Not sure about that, but if true really puts things into a no win situation.

Did any one notice that the main reason for the melting was obviously right under they're noses, and that is over-population. But due to the all mighty dollar er're being slow to combat our cause......

Astounding that there is not much media coverage of the oil and gas companies interest there. Thanks for covering that.
Now it appears Greenland is the source of two negative feedback loops regarding global warming.
One being the receding ice reflecting less heat from the surface causing the melt to accelerate.
The other is that burning fossil fuels has caused global warming that has uncovered more fossil fuels in Greenland to be extracted and sold for use.
I think this is alarming as having more oil available will help keep oil cost lower and delay transition to renewable energy.
The energy companies will exploit this and our planet to the max, as they can't see that making profit and economics are moot points if the planet goes into the radical climate changes that can be caused by the temperature getting high enough to disrupt the ocean's stabilizing currents.

I saw this just today 5-2-09, on current tv, very interesting, very well done. To me it is life, stuff happens, life moves on, I personally believe things like this is what spread mankind all over the planet. See the part where the Vikings used to grow stuff there, when it was green before, then got cold, this to me, proves that climate change can be mostly a natural change of the planet. People are wanting to mold the world to their wants, you have to adapt or perish. We've taken natural selection out of so much of humankind. Sure if we can make autos have cleaner emissions, if we can make a few changes to save natural resources, if we can save fresh water, it would be stupid not to. But to totally rework world economies on the chance that it "might" make a difference? Not for me. How is it that they find fossils of wolly mammoths in modern day Pheonix, a desert climate today, you can't think it was always this way.

But a great video well made.

i watched this episode on a Virgin flight and thought it was just terrific. my first current tv viewing. coming from an american city perspective, i sometimes struggle to fully understand and accept the lifestyles in other countries- the part with the sled dogs really reminded me of that. i have a husky whose mom was a sled dog and i can't imagine anything but providing him the best of a life as he deserves. life is brutal and sometimes it feels we are a little shielded from the reality in other countries.

adam- you're an awesome reporter with a wonderful face for the camera. i'll be watching out for your work!

I don't think America will ever do any thing to repair the damage done as long as they keep repeating their habits....as well as thinking of their wallets.

sweet story....SUCK ON THAT AL GORE...lol;

So well put together and so informative. I wouldn't have known about this predicament if I hadn't had the opportunity to watch this excellent episode.

Good work you guys...
I think is true,
there is not turning back!!

I wonder why they call it Greenland? It's just climate deja vou.

Wow,sad ,beautiful and tragicand beyond scary,but on many levels i think blameless.I want to trust that we didn't know what our greed and over use was doing to our world,the question now is what will we do and will it be enough??

hmm. Always pro vs. con. Never world vs. world....

awesome video, especially the wrap up at the end.

Really intreasting to hear greenlands side of the argument.

This was an excellent program. Pretty gutsy of you to do a story that looks at the positive implications of global warming. That's not something easy to do right now. But this one really makes you think about what our f'd up priorities are when we celebrate the further exploitation of the world's natural resources. Great, ballsy journalism!!

great reality check

Hi from Greenland!
Excellent show you´ve put together. We up here can recognize the world we live in up here. Nov.25. we´ll have the referendum about one step further towards some kind of independence. We all expect a YES but nothing is sure.
To us it´s refreshing to have people like you up here. And I hope that all the viewers understand the +/- about the global warming up here?
There is for sure no "celebration" here - we love our ice and snow and the traditions and ways of living connected with it. But on the other hand the 56.000 people up here are used to adapt to the nature. So global warming gives new challenges and possibilities that we have to learn to live with.
Do you know Björk "Declare independence". That´s written to Greenland. Exciting what the referendum Tuesday ends with. Best wishes Karsten Sommer, Nuuk, Greenland

Best of Current I've seen so far...

Global warming is a total farce, however I do believe that we should protect our environment as best we can.

I love this pod, it is eye-opening and insightful. I had no idea... On another note... it is nice to know that there are still countries that stand in solidarity to fight for their freedom; unlike Puerto Rico...

Let's see how the people of Greenland like this when they have corporate sponsors there sucking it dry. Will that be independence?

Spectacular report! It's funny that these benefits are sort of positive externalities of global warming for Greenlanders. I think the filmmaker's take on it was most accurate when he said that it was like it was the Wild West for them to conquer. It really is new and uncharted lands opening up to them for the first time.

A sadness within a celebration of sorts.
"That's great but, for how long?", is the question I couldn't shake off during the entire mega-pod.
Tourists coming to see the slow end of the glaciers was a haunting reminder of what cannot be reversed.
Well done to all who had a hand in this piece.
Vanguard remains a favorite of mine.
Thanks.

This is bullshit, global warming is gonna effect 6 billion people in the world, benefit for people on Greenland won't help.

CLIMATE CHANGE DAMMIT. Tell south america that its global warming while they're drowning from what is so ironically (bc it IS sexist) called la Nina. Truth be told though it was a good pod.

What an interesting and opposite perspective on something that has been so negatively viewed. I still feel that Global Warming needs to be further addressed and it needs to gain even more awareness. But this illustrates that there is good in negative things. I really like the show, it has moved to my top 2 favorites!

To make a difference:

http://current.com/items/89520439/nov_14_15_day_of_action_against_coal_fiance.ht...

I hope that greenland keeps its small village feel that it has going on. it would be a shame to see it become all corporate-ized.

worked for me... =\

if you can catch it, it will be on current tv tonight at 10pm eastern, i believe

The positive feedback in Greenland is only one of the pieces in climate change puzzel/picture. Mother Nature is filling in the others.

www.strategicbookpublishing.com/ZEROGreenhouseEmissions.html

that was a little hard to watch, and it just proves that the world needs to take better care of our environment

well all i have to say is that global warming is cool because its our earth and i think that we need to work in our invierment.

I was all, I'm immigrating to Greenland, then I was reminded of the six month long days, so now I'm all, screw that.

Wearing shorts to see a glacier. Sweet.

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Excellent job. Vanguard never lets me down.

Being Canadian, I've seen some of these effects first hand, but i had no idea global warming was hitting this hard in Greenland.

Keep up the great work.

good for greenland..i just feel bad for all those dogs..

whoa that was awesome.

brilliant documentary and message. The glacier recedes at a ever quickening pace, I pray your assumption never takes place.

The thunderous glacial pieces crashing into the ocean was breath taking and very sad to see.

Hey everyone, the full version of I Heart Global Warming should be running now. Sorry for the delay!

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I just discovered current today (after I read an article about layoffs) so I tuned in, and two hours later, I am hooked on this channel! This global warming story brings such a different and fresh perspective. I love it. Keep it up!!

I never would have guessed there could be an upside to global warming. Well, it's not really an upside for the world, but wow. Independence?

Very well done, amazing visuals, and really interesting perspective!

This segment on Greenland and the impact of climate change due to global warming is an eye opener to many I am sure. This is so real and we must fight to slow the process down in as many ways as possible. I have friends in Sweden who have shared the impact of climate change in their country.
In my job I instruct employees how to enhance their driving habits, conserve fuel, and reduce emissions. Eco Driving, behavior changes behind the wheel that can make a difference, also raising the awareness of global warming not only for our life time but for the generations to follow. You can make a difference! Great episode Adam!

this makes me almost wish i owned a tv

Oh boo. I really wanted to see this, but it is all black.

Hopefully the video get sorted soon. I am DYING to see this

i second that.

most of this video is just black after the second commercial break which is sad because I was really exited to see this.