Dr. Lowman’s latest Nature’s Secrets column in newsobserver.com: Though Americans represent 5 percent of the world’s population, we use 30 percent of the planet’s resources – and our consumption has doubled in the last 50 years. What happens to finite supplies of fresh water, oil and soil as billions of people in India and China […]
Teach your children well. — Crosby, Stills and Nash The year 2013 marked the 100th birthday of the British Ecological Society, and the International Congress of Ecology recently met in London to mark this auspicious occasion. Like many scientific professionals, ecologists only reluctantly come away from their remote field sites to share expertise on new […]
Dr. Lowman’s latest Nature’s Secrets column in newsobserver.com: Every autumn, many millions of birds migrate from northern breeding grounds to equatorial locations. This annual flight is not only extraordinary in terms of time and energy but also raises questions about the physiological issue of sleep for birds. Some birds migrate long distances, and others only […]
Dr. Lowman’s latest Nature’s Secrets column in newsobserver.com: The year 2013 marks the 100th birthday of the British Ecological Society, so the International Congress of Ecology recently met in London to mark this auspicious occasion. Like many scientific professionals, ecologists reluctantly come away from their field sites or computer screens to exchange expertise on new […]
A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician; he is a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales. — Marie Curie The word orange comes from the French term, “or,” meaning gold. For most baby boomers, as a legacy of childhood, no day starts without a glass […]
Dr. Lowman’s latest Nature’s Secrets column in newsobserver.com: There are a few awe-inspiring events hosted by Mother Nature that every child deserves to see – snow falling, sunset on a beach, birds flying, lightning … and fall foliage. The miracle of fall foliage is a special punctuation mark in the seasonal story of trees. Throughout […]
Dr. Lowman speaks to the Tarboro Woman’s Club about preserving the tropical forests of Ethiopia and encouraging girls to become scientists. From The Tarboro Daily Southerner: TARBORO — The woman who discovered treetop canopy ecology, Dr. Meg Lowman, spoke to the Tarboro Woman’s Club at their meeting at The Fountains at the Albemarle Wednesday afternoon. […]
Mankind survives on the Earth only because green plants grow here. — Isaiah 40:6 In our zest to breed the most resilient crops, agriculture is fast losing the genetic diversity of many food plants. Apples and tomatoes, with their shrinking heirloom stocks, are prime examples. The agricultural industry cultivates and distributes seed stocks that are […]
Dr. Lowman’s latest Nature’s Secrets column in newsobserver.com: The word “orange” comes from the French term “or,” meaning “gold.” As a legacy of childhood for most baby boomers, no day starts without a glass of orange juice. I recall my mom’s daily ritual of defrosting a frozen can of concentrated juice, then adding three parts […]
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. EXPLORE, DREAM, DISCOVER. — Mark Twain It is often assumed that wheelchair dependency hinders a career in […]
