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Al Gore Talks at TED About Global Warming

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Watch this video from TED featuring Al Gore on HowStuffWorks. Al Gore, in his own words, "used to be the next President of the United States of America" but has since changed professions. See how global warming works from Al Gore in this video from TED (www.ted.com).

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