Below is an article written by Dr. Lowman in newsobserver.com: A biological inventory project, called the Encyclopedia of Life (EoL), was recently launched to catalog information about Earth’s 1.8million scientific species classified during the past several centuries. Currently, information on some species is only available piecemeal in different museums, collections, websites or roughly scribbled in […]
From NewsObserver.com: Researchers in Raleigh want to know what creatures have made themselves at home in human bellybuttons. The team at N.C. State’s Belly Button Biodiversity project is finding that this often forgotten body part has a secret life of its own, holding worlds of bacteria and fungi that differ from person to person. Read […]
In late March and early April of 2011, an expedition team including NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Smithsonian Institution, and University of Chicago found a gang of us exploring the northeastern coastline of South America — starting in Brazil and ending up in the Dutch Antilles. As I sampled herbivory in the canopy from point […]
Here is some updates on the progress going on to help save the Church Forests of Ethiopia. From De Alemayehu Wassie Eshete: 1. Zahara is in a good progress: they will finish the fence in two weeks. and they have started digging the hole for the latrine. I will send you photos. 2. This weekend […]
Below is an article written by Dr. Lowman in newsobserver.com: “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” John Muir Like a baby’s soft skin, the new foliage of spring is delicate and breathtaking as it unfolds to signify a rebirth of the natural world. A leaf lover for many decades, […]
Progress is being made in the “Saving the Forests of Ethiopia – one church at a time” project. Below are photos of the Zahara church forest wall under construction: Thank you to TREE Foundation donors who sponsored this wall, to save the forests of Ethiopia! To learn more about how you can help please visit […]
From Carleton News: Margaret “Meg” Lowman, PhD, an author, adventurer, educator, and ecologist with 30 years of experience exploring the unseen world of biodiversity that exists in rainforest canopies, will deliver Carleton College’s weekly convocation address on Friday, April 22 at 10:50 a.m. in the Skinner Memorial Chapel. Entitled “Life in the Treetops: Conservation of […]
From The Hindu: Margaret Lowman inhabits a space where few tread — tree canopies. Hema Vijay talks to the environmental activist who says India’s forests hold great potential for eco-tourism. Strapped in a cord with a harness, she swings herself to land upon branches about 200 feet above the ground — in the heart of […]
Dr. Lowman was the guest on “Community – The TV Show” hosted by Annette Scherman on March, 4th 2011. Appearing with Dr. Lowman was Environmental Science student at New College, Angelique Giraud. Meg Lowman and Angelique talk to Annette about environmental science, conservation, recent trips to India for canopy conservation & outreach and Ethiopia to […]
Below is an article written by Dr. Lowman in the News Observer. Read the full article at newsobserver.com ” Well behaved women rarely makehistory.” – Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Recently at N.C. State University, the Women in Science and Engineering program welcomed prospective freshmen to campus. I was privileged to moderate their afternoon program, where several […]
