Former Presidential Candidate Al Gore’s climate documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ turned 20 this year, and many critics have pointed out the flawed predictions in the production that, in part, spawned modern activism around the issue.
“Among the predictions Gore made in the documentary is that Africa’s Mt. Kilimanjaro would have no more snow on it by 2016. In 2020, The Times reported that the snow on the 19,000-foot mountain remained, despite Gore’s predictions,” Just the News’ Kevin Killough writes. “But the documentary had caused some to rush to climb the mountain before the snow disappeared. Instead, the tourists are surprised to find glaciers still clinging to it.”
Many experts have expressed the need for some caution when seeing apocalyptic predictions about the Earth’s future, as climatology is full of uncertainties inherent in attempting to predict the weather.
Meteorologist Chris Martz told Just the News that documentaries like “An Inconvenient Truth” dismisses that uncertainty entirely.
“Gore also predicted that Glacier National Park would be ‘the park formerly known as Glacier’ after all the ice melted away in the blazing hot temperatures that were to descend upon the human race,” Killough writes. “The claim made a big mark, and federal agencies began looking closely at glaciers.”
Martz also said that many predictions around the Arctic ice sheet haven’t panned out, as there has been “no trend” towards complete summer time melting over the last two decades. Martz also underscored that many people get their information regarding the climate from politicians and the media, not scientists, which he alleges has misled many into believing excessively alarmist predictions.
“The U.S. Geological Survey predicted all the glaciers in the park would be gone by 2020,” Killough writes. “Signs were placed throughout the park warning visitors of the impending end of glaciers, which never happened. Instead, CNN reported, the signs had to be removed in 2020 when it was clear the glaciers remained.”
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