The Arbornaut - Meg Lowman

The Arbornaut

A Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us

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Buch | Hardcover
368 Seiten
2021 | Main
Allen & Unwin (Verlag)
978-1-911630-49-4 (ISBN)
21,15 inkl. MwSt
The engrossing story of how a nerdy tree climber and the only girl at the science fair grew into an inspiring innovator and international leader.
One of the world's first tree-top scientists, Meg Lowman is both a pioneer in her field - she invented one of the first treetop walkways - and a tireless advocate for the planet. In a voice as infectious in its enthusiasm as in its practical optimism, The Arbornaut chronicles her irresistible story.

From climbing solo hundreds of feet into Australia's rainforests to measuring tree growth in the northeastern United States, from searching the redwoods of the Pacific coast for new life to studying leaf-eaters in Scotland's Highlands, from a bioblitz in Malaysia to conservation planning in India to collaborating with priests in Ethiopia's last forests, Lowman launches us into the life and work of a scientist and ecologist. She also offers hope, specific plans and recommendations for action; despite devastation across the world, we can still make an immediate and lasting impact against climate change.

Meg Lowman, Ph.D. a.k.a. 'Canopy Meg' is an American biologist, educator, ecologist, writer, editor and public speaker. She is the executive director of the TREE Foundation and a professor at the National University of Singapore, Arizona State University, and Universiti Sains Malaysia. Nicknamed the 'Real-Life Lorax' by National Geographic and 'Einstein of the Treetops' by the Wall Street Journal, her motto is 'no child left indoors.' She travels extensively, conducting research and speaking to audiences large and small.

1: from wildflower to wallflower: a girl naturalist in rural america 2: becoming a forest detective: first encounters with temperate trees from new england to scotland 3: one hundred feet in the air: finding a way to study leaves in the australian rain forests 4: who ate my leaves?: tracking-and discovering!-australian insects 5: dieback in the outback: juggling marriage and investigations of gum tree death in australia's sheep country 6: hitting the glass canopy: how strangler figs and tall poppies taught me to survive as a woman in science 7: arbornauts for a week: citizen scientists explore the amazon jungles 8: tiger tracks, tree leopards, and vedippala fruits: exporting my toolkit to train arbornauts in india 9: a treetop bioblitz: counting 1,659 species in malaysia's tropical forests in ten days 10: building trust between priests and arbornauts: saving the forests of ethiopia, one church at a time 11: classrooms in the sky-for everyone!: wheelchairs and water bears in the treetops 12: can we save our last, best forests?: promoting conservation through mission green

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 16pp b&w insert; 12 b&w images throughout text
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 147 x 201 mm
Gewicht 620 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Natur / Ökologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
ISBN-10 1-911630-49-0 / 1911630490
ISBN-13 978-1-911630-49-4 / 9781911630494
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