‘Canary’ Review: Tracking Lonnie Thompson’s Findings

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Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT ‘CANARY’ REVIEW: A PORTRAIT OF PERSEVERANCE A documentary traces the efforts of Dr. Lonnie Thompson, a scientist who starting collecting evidence of global warming in the 1970s.
Dr. Lonnie Thompson in “Canary,” a documentary film directed by Danny O’Malley and Alex Rivest
Credit...Oscilloscope CanaryDirected by Danny O'Malley, Alex RivestDocumentaryNot Rated1h 44m Climate change denial must be maddening to Lonnie Thompson, a respected scientist who has scaled glaciers collecting evidence of global warming.
Inspired by a student research opportunity to look at polar ice cores, Dr. Thompson wondered whether other parts of the world could also yield useful ice samples.