A new documentary, 鈥淐anary,鈥� chronicles the pioneering climate work of .
He began extracting polar ice cores from tropical mountaintops in the 1970s.
The frozen cylinders provide a climatological record stretching back thousands of years and provide direct evidence of global warming. He鈥檚 been called a real-life Indiana Jones.
Thompson, along with his wife, climate scientist Ellen Moseley Thompson, lead research at The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center at The Ohio State University.
We have a discussion about the work that鈥檚 been done and what work remains to be completed.
Host:
- Mike Thompson,
Guests:
- Professor Lonnie Thompson,
- Professor Ellen Mosley Thompson,
- Danny O鈥橫alley, co-director of
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