(COMMERCIAL BREAK) GUPTA: Flying over the Solomon Sea in the South Pacific, the ocean and the sky melt together in a blue/green haze. It was a tough neighborhood, but he had friends and plenty of places to play. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: How do we improve the quality of life for everybody? And these are vast resources we are losing. They spend one month every year here, living under extremely difficult circumstances. We will have a sea level increase. People also ask. 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. committee pushes back over key landmark details . When water heats up, it expands and rises. CORWIN: Exactly. They're agents with IBAMA, the Brazilian government's environmental protection agency. The agents are heavily armed, but heavily outnumbered. (on camera): It's so disturbing to see this. Like the earth's climate, the world's oceans have also warmed one degree Fahrenheit. There are some 100,000 indigenous people living in Brazil's Amazon rain forest. CORWIN: Just in the Amazon basin alone, it's 2.7-million square miles of habitat, and roughly 70 percent of that is right here in this extraordinary country, in the country of Brazil. 50 terms. The danger is hard to see with the naked eye. We have this sow and she's got some cubs alongside. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) COOPER: I'm Anderson Cooper in Rancho Bernardo, California. NEW YORK: In Sweden and Norway, the treeline is marching northward and uphill as the snowline recedes. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No. This journey around the globe is an investigation into the reasons our planet is changing. From the air you really get a sense of just how much of the rainforest has already been destroyed. Witness the planet's breathtaking diversity -- from seabirds carpet-bombing the ocean to wildebeests eluding the wild dogs of the Serengeti. STEFFEN: Be careful. INHOFE: This whole idea of global warming is something that has been brought up by certain groups who have a lot to benefit from it, and has nothing to do with real science. If we don't, we can live one day without food or two days without food. government protects new species and areas of forest. They hope to be able to get that thing out, at least, during the next couple of days, but they've got a ton of crews up there. SISTER DOROTHY STANG, NUN/CONSERVATIONIST: The only thing they know is survival farming. STEFFEN: Well, we actually started in 1990. COOPER (voice-over): The World Conservation Union says the Amazon is home to nearly 1,000 threatened species of plants and animals. In this decade, the urban environment is predicted to grow by nearly 30%. to protect the future of a planet in peril? PAT MICHAELS, PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: Oh, heck no. It's the fire that did some of the power outage damage. COOPER (voice-over): A projection range based on computer models. A park, crowded place. (END VIDEO CLIP) COOPER: And that is the latest here in Southern California -- another update in about 15 minutes. Yet due to its dry climate, scientists say it's the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Now because of the understanding of global warming, we believe what is melting in the Arctic or the place where there's ice. But despite all of that, the rain forest is being pillaged at a rapid rate. Boosters Step into your powered armor and grab your What's going to happen to you? 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. We stop at a fishing village called Duram Baga (ph) in Nigeria. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, OK. We're flying right over it now. He says they're angry and scared by what's happening. San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders says the vast majority of the city is now open for people to return to their homes. $1.00 + $0.75 shipping. We're in the wake of the fire and you can see the devastate it's left behind. I'm Anderson Cooper. STEFFEN: Yes. Episode 1 Planet In Peril, Pt. Why? COOPER: The very next day, Valentin began chemotherapy. And that is a wonderful, wonderful story. 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. thu3092002. In all these places, all these problems are interconnected. He worries that he may no be able to stay much longer. It's about the front lines, the places where threats aren't just forecasts of the future, but are happening now. We're going to take you right to the front lines of the Harris fire with Rick Sanchez. COOPER (voice-over): If you thought the debate over what's causing the Earth to warm was settled, think again. So to welcome us, they want to baptize us. Planet in Peril, filmed across four continents and 13 countries, airs over two nights on CNN/U.S. The carbon naturally stored in trees is released when they're cut down. It's now the number one killer here. And we are living on coconuts. 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. Those numbers expected to climb. Out here it's an igloo. Just days later, these two men confess to the murder. Armed with a pistol just in case, Amstrup and I move in to secure the cubs. (CROSSTALK) INHOFE: You, sir, had 30 minutes. Ibama has been fighting this fight for several years now, but it wasn't until 2005 when a 73-year-old American nun changed the way Brazil protects its forests. The second biggest contributors to Inhofe's Senate office are energy and natural resource companies. GUPTA: We're hearing people are getting cancer from drinking water. The co-pilot jumps out to test the snow pack. It outlines the solutions that have been tried, and analyzes why they have thus far fallen short. And maybe in two, three years, this whole area will be just completely washed out. People do not have enough food. This used to be a mega-lake, one of the biggest lakes in the world. Many coral reefs often die after bleaching. What we see is startling, a gray landscape with little marine life. We actually just dove down. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How are you doing, Konnie? They are moving to yet another island. Moral ground : ethical action for a planet in peril /. Hurling yourself backwards over a 1,500 foot cliff does take some practice. CORWIN: You've got to lean back. It is eye opening and thought provoking and a . But, somehow, Anata (ph) holds out hope. They've destroyed nearly 1,600 homes and nearly a half million acres across seven counties here in Southern California. OK. AL GORE, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: If I could complete my answer. We're going to have another update on the fires in 15 minutes. COOPER (voice-over): The world's newest island, discovered because of the world's warming temperature. Crews have largely contained many of the fires north of San Diego. fairbanks ice dogs standings . (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. He's even got a slingshot. SCHMIDT: This island exists because of global warming. And that's true. In the distance, the agents spot something suspicious. Joe Biden, 46th President of United States of America. SEN. JAMES INHOFE (R), OKLAHOMA: And, with all the hysteria, all the fear, all the phony science, could it be that manmade global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people? A once-in-a-century virus silently stalks the country. It also has to continue to do a little bit of damage in that area just where I'm pointing right now. We're the first people ever to walk here. Over the past 30 years, the water has steadily receded. None of what's happening is occurring in a vacuum. PLANET IN PERIL continues right after this break. 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. If word leaks out in this area that IBAMA is here, that they are going to be on patrol and launching a series of raids, then the illegal loggers will simply disappear into the -- the rain forest. I'm Anderson Cooper. All this land is appearing and the water is disappearing. And the water can reach the bottom of the ice. TED ROWLANDS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Anderson, the battle continues here tonight. But none of those reasons mean very much to Rose. Scenes from Meridian where Carter says Daniel has had a lethal dose of radiation and him in the infirmary. "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made. STEFFEN: Yes. The computer models are helpful, but they are not the primary source of information. 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. Look at this dry, cracked, parched earth. This time of year the sun never sets -- just dips down to rest on the horizon. There are even cases of polar bears cannibalizing each other when the food runs short. COOPER (on camera): As Dr. Steffen pointed out, climate change is something that's going to be affecting future generations. The cooler is stocked with deer meat poached from the rain forest. Download Planet In Peril Worksheet Answers doc. Oasis Earth Environmental Sustainability Consulting Rick Steiner. Maybe 10, 15 miles, sometimes a little farther than that. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Up to this wall -- GUPTA: Our guide is Anadatiega (ph). on Tuesday, Oct. 23, and Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. (ET/PT) and globally on. In the documentary, William, who is dad to 7-year-old son Prince George . You've seen the front lines, the facts on the ground. (on camera): In 2005, you came here. Our helicopter lowers just over the running sow. 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. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) CORWIN (voice-over): We are on the heels of a mother polar bear and her two cubs. (on camera) The Kraho are very concerned about illegal logging on their territory. STEFFEN: But during the cold years, we had some water that froze in the middle tent, which was our sleep tent, which was not very comfortable. (on camera): So this is where you sleep? Flames from the Harris fire threatened the power lines. (on camera) Thank you very much. $1.55. COOPER: Tamara Carter (ph) is the founder of the Sustainable South Bronx, an organization that fights environmental racism in New York and around the country. They have the most success hunting seals in a 20 to 50-mile gap of water between coastland and ice. (on camera): It is politically correct to say you care about the rain forest, but why should someone actually care? There are roughly 37 million people who rely on Lake Chad. About the show. This is one of the largest rivers that actually supplies water to Lake Chad. ROSARIO MARROQUIN, MOTHER OF VALENTIN: My worst fear as a parent was losing my child somewhere. 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