The 11th Hour

The 11th Hour is a film about climate change. Well known experts assert their perspective, on climate change, and what humans have done to contribute to global warming. Thom Hartman, author of Threshold, states, “The biosphere is sick”. Humans have created a non-stable home due to deforestation, erosion,increase in greenhouse gases, and burning of fossil fuels. Another reason why its non-stable is because the Earth is no longer capable of regulating its temperature, as well as carrying the capacity of humans it has now. While watching the film, one of the scientist stated that some people find it difficult to believe that humans are apart of nature. He stated that because most people are “culturally blind” and are built to think that they are the superior life form.
Humans are very complex creatures; however, nature is very complex as well. Humans interact with nature by consuming food (plants and animals) as well as actually living on Earth. If there are no longer plants, animals, and water on Earth, then there is no human population. It is reported that 95% of our natural forest is gone, as well as 90% of big fish in the sea. Its truly fascinating, how big numbers such as 95, and 90, are ignored by people who are actually committing the consumption. Animals that were abundant such as the common fish Tuna, for example, is now on the verge of going extinct. It is said by the next few decades, these animals would no longer be available.
Another issue is the increase of temperature as a whole. It is recorded that humans are almost at the ‘tipping point’, which is the fine line between having a stable climate to a dramatic unstable one. We are now approaching this “unstable tipping point” that can result in the evaporation of the ocean. If we keep this trend of increasing the temperature, humans will no longer be able to exist and the Earth would be dried out much like Venus.