Most children have a bug period. — E.O. Wilson, Harvard entomologist and biodiversity expert I love insects, which is probably why I became a scientist focusing on these extraordinary critters and their relation to plants in the forest canopy. But insects also love me. Working in Ethiopia recently proved no exception. After one short hour […]
Lea Shell interviews Dr. Meg Lowman for Your Wild Life. Dr. Lowman describes her wonderfully supportive parents, how her childhood tree forts inspired her to do research in the tree canopy, and how her sons continue to inspire her today. To read the interview in its entirety, head over to yourwildlife.org
This episode of the Confluence Interview series features Dr. Meg Lowman being interviewed by Dr. Marcy Lowenstein. The QBIC Program launches Episode 6 of the Confluence Interview series. Confluence: Where life and science meet, is an interview series where scientists from around the country discuss the intersection of their technical work and their life experiences […]
The nation behaves well if it treats natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased and not impaired in value. … Conservation means development as much as it does protection. — Theodore Roosevelt While some countries are struggling to get electricity, others are trying desperately to turn off the […]
Delegates for the Canopy Symposium in Taipei, Taiwan, to launch the official emergence of this discipline in this Pacific Rim country!
Article from the online edition of Beloit Daily News: All of the action is at the top, at least in a forest. That’s what conservation biologist Dr. Margaret Lowman, known as “Canopy Meg,” told guests at the Roy Chapman Andrews Society 2014 Distinguished Explorer Award Presentation held at Beloit College’s Eaton Chapel on Friday afternoon. […]
Students at Casey Middle School in New York State just read The Most Beautiful Roof in the World: Exploring the Rainforest Canopy for their science class, and they learned all about canopy ecology!
From The Sentinel Cumberlink: CHAMBERSBURG — Meg Lowman, a pioneer of the science of tree canopy ecology, will be the guest speaker at the 144th annual Wilson College commencement ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 18. Lowman has championed forest conservation around the world. She has designed hot air balloons and walkways for treetop exploration […]
The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The next best time is now. — African proverb I am swallowing mouthfuls of dust each day, driving long distances in Ethiopia during the dry season. The majority of roads are not only dusty, but the dirt surfaces give us a rodeo-ride experience in […]
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 In 2012, the obvious science breakthrough of the year was the discovery in Switzerland of the Higgs boson, a watershed event that finally allowed physicists to […]
