Polar Researcher Featured on ABC-TV Special

                       NEWS ADVISORY:
OHIO STATE POLAR RESEARCHER FEATURED ON ABC-TV NEWS SPECIAL

COLUMBUS -- Lonnie Thompson, professor of geological 
sciences and research scientist at the Byrd Polar Research Center 
at Ohio State University, will be featured on a nationally 
televised one-hour news special about global warming on Saturday 
(April 11) evening.

The program, ABC News Saturday Night, will air locally on 
WSYX-TV (Channel 6) at 10 p.m.  

The show takes a detailed look at the many scientific and 
political issues surrounding global warming.  It will include an 
on-campus interview with Thompson as well as a look at his 
research.

Thompson, a glaciologist, conducts his research in the most 
remote parts of the world.  His team has extracted ice cores from 
glaciers in tropical and sub-tropical climates in Asia and South 
America that provide a frozen record of weather dating back at 
least 40,000 years.  Thompson has observed that ice caps in these 
areas are melting faster than anticipated, providing compelling 
evidence of global warming.  

The program is linked to ABCnews.com to allow viewers to 
click on and get detailed information on any of the topics 
discussed. 

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