THE sky is darkened by birds fleeing New York city in anticipation of coming doom. The Statue of Liberty is engulfed by a massive wave, then coated in ice. Under an ominously orange sky, tornados rip into Los Angeles, shredding the Hollywood sign. Such dreamlike, symbolic and at times biblical images of man-made climate disaster fill Roland Emmerich’s new film, The Day After Tomorrow.
Some scientists think the film will do harm by presenting a grossly distorted picture of climate change. In fact, its Hollywood excesses may help alert the world to the real dangers of increasing greenhouse gas emissions…
