Category: ARTICLES

Abornaut Meg Lowman featured in SF Chronicle: Datebook

On August 10, 2021 Meg Lowman’s memoir The Arbornaut: A life discovering the eight continent in the trees above was featured in a book review article by San Fransisco Chronicle: Datebook’s Rachel Zarrow. Here is a snippet of that article: “While most people know the old adage “don’t judge a book by its cover,” few of […]

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The Arbornaut in Kirkus Reviews

On August 2, 2021 Meg Lowman’s Arbornaut: A Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Aug. 10) was included in an article by Kirkus Reviews about 3 New Nonfiction Books for Nature Lovers by Eric Liebetrau. Here is a sneak peak: “The Arbornaut is a treasure for tree […]

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Some trees may ‘social distance’ to avoid disease

From NationalGeographic.com: In some ways, crown shyness is the arboreal version of social distancing, says Meg Lowman, a forest canopy biologist and director of the TREE Foundation. “The minute you start keeping plants from physically touching each other, you can increase productivity,” she says. “That’s the beauty of isolation … The tree is really safeguarding […]

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