the american star Leonardo Dicaprio proposes a series of solutions to fight against climate change in his new film presented in Cannes, ““Ice on Fire”of which he is producer and narrator.
Are we going to let climate change destroy our civilization or are we going to use technologies to reverse it? Faced with that question, the documentary asks us.
“Ice on Fire” presents innovative solutions to reduce carbon dioxide and lower temperaturesbut warns that time is running out.
It is not a distant problem. The results will be seen during our lifetime (Leonardo DiCaprio)
The documentary, which HBO will release the next June 12, is a journey that takes us from the Arctic to Alaska, passing through Iceland, Norway, Costa Rica and northern California. Along the way, he shows us how snowmelt affects us and what are the scientific advances that can help us reverse climate change. With an optimistic vision, he affirms that we are now able to stop the problem and asks himself: why don’t we do it?
In this film, the director Leila Conners and actor Leonardo DiCaprio meet again in their fight for the environment. They had already worked together on “The 11th Hour” (2007), a documentary on climate change, narrated and produced by the actor, which exposed the main problems facing the Earth and its inhabitants.
We are killing future generations with our inaction (Leila Conners)
The Arctic is running out of ice because of the changes that are taking place across the planet. Experts on the subject affirm that the situation is truly alarming. One of the points that “Ice on Fire” It is methane gas, the main culprit of the so-called greenhouse effect. Earth has a natural way of removing it, however it is being produced in such large quantities that this process is insufficient.
Among the proposed initiatives are the macroalgae found along the coasts. In addition to absorbing five times more carbon than plants growing on the surface, they are one of the fastest growing organisms in the world.
“If a diet based on algae is proposed to cattle, a 90% reduction in methane production is achieved”says Ben Smith, a producer of macroalgae, on the tape.
With a review of the new fuels and innovative techniques to expel carbon dioxide, the documentary highlights several scientific advances and urges them to be put into practice as soon as possible.
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