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The arbornaut : a life discovering the eighth continent in the trees above us / Meg Lowman.

by Lowman, Margaret.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021.

Lowman, Margaret

Arborists -- Biography.

Arborists -- United States -- Biography.

Biologists -- United States -- Biography.

Rain forest ecology -- Research.

Forest canopy ecology -- Research.

9780374162696 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Life discovering the eighth continent in the trees above us

xi, 350 p., 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : col. ill.; 24 cm.

Includes index.

"As a graduate student exploring the rain forests of Australia, Meg Lowman realized that she couldn’t monitor her beloved leaves using any of the usual methods. So she put together a climbing kit: she sewed a harness from an old seat belt, gathered hundreds of feet of rope, and found a tool belt for her pencils and rulers. Up she went, into the trees. Forty years later, Lowman remains one of the world’s foremost arbornauts, known as the 'real-life Lorax.' She planned one of the first treetop walkways and helps create more of these bridges through the eighth continent all over the world. With a voice as infectious in its enthusiasm as it is practical in its optimism, the book chronicles Lowman’s irresistible story."--From publisher.

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