Publisher: Viking ( A Division of Penguin)

Published: 2007

Format: Paperback

Pages: 192

WE ARE FACING a climate crisis, one that may seem to be happening very quickly. If we don't recognize that this is a real crisis and take action, then the consequences will only get worse. The threat of extinction to endangered specie such as polar bears would increase. Water levels could rise so much that millions of people would be permanently flooded out of their homes. More powerful and destructive storms would happen frequently. And that's just the beginning of how the Earth could change forever.

But the good news is we have the knowledge and the ability to solve this crisis. The choice to put a stop to global warming is ours.

Former Vice President Al Gore is a longtime advocate for the environment. He is the author of the 1992 bestseller "Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit" and the creator of the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth". He lives with his wife, Tipper, in Nashville, Tennessee.