TheSummaryofShipsintheDesertAlGore,U.S.Vice-President,devotedhislifetoenvironmentalprotection.Hetraveledaroundworldtofindoutwhatcausetheenvironmentalcrisis.HecametotheAralSea,andfindthecoastlineshrunkmorethanathousandmilesbecausethewaterintheseawasusedtogrowcottoninthedesert.HetraveledtotheSouthPole,findingmodernindustrycausingglobalwarming.Travelinginthesubmarine,hewenttotheNorthPole,learningthenorthpolegapmeltingforglobalwarming.Otherenvironmentalproblemsalsohappenintheworld,AlGoreintroducedthedeforestationinAmazonandaspecial“noctilucentcloud”whichmainlyappearsinhighnorthernlatitudes.AlGoreexplainedtheenvironmentalthreatsbyusingamilitarysystemtoclassifytheminto“local”,“regional”,and“strategic”.Thoseparticularlocalandregionalproblemswhichdon’taffecttheoperationoftheglobalenvironmentandthesurvivalofcivilizationisnotatstake.Chlorineandglobalwarmingarethetwoaspectsofdestructioncanbeconsideredasstrategic.Thesetwoaspectscalledourattentiontotransformedrelationshipbetweenhumankindandtheearth.Thenhepointedouthumancivilizationisnowthedominantcauseofchangeintheglobalenvironment.Twokeyfactorsofhumancivilizationthatdefinethephysicalrealityofourrelationshiptotheearthmadedramaticchanges.Thetwokeyfactorsareconsideredasthesurgeinhumanpopulationandtheaccelerationinthescientificandtechnologicalrevolutionwhichhavetransformedtheearth.Theseargumentsriseaseriesofdiscussionthatpeopletrytofigureoutwhatistherightmeantochangethepresentsituation.Somearguethatanewultimatetechnologywillsolvetheproblem;whileothersholdthatonlyadrasticreductionofourrelianceontechnologycanimprovetheconditionsoflife.Therealsolutionwillbefoundinreinventingandfinallyhealingtherelationshipbetweencivilizationandtheearth.Nowwehavetorecognizethathumanactivitiesmakeinfluenceonanddoharmtotheenvironment.Theeffectislargeandevenpermanent.Ashumancivilizationplaysanessentialpartintheglobalenvironmentalchanges,itishightimethatweshouldchangeourbehaviorstoprotectandimprovetheenvironment.Todecreasethedamageandstopdisturbingthenaturalbalancewillmaketheworldbetter.EveryHumanmustregardhimselfasapartofnatureanddogoodtoitandthekeychangeswillneednewwaysofthinkingabouttherelationshipitself.Humanstillhasalongwaytogo.