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The Arbornaut : a Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us by Meg Lowman; Sylvia A. Earle; Sylvia A. Earle is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Arbornaut : a Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us about?

"An eye-opening and enchanting book by one of our major scientist-explorers." —Diane Ackerman, author of The Zookeeper's Wife Nicknamed the "Real-Life Lorax" by National Geographic, the biologist, botanist, and conservationist Meg Lowman—aka "CanopyMeg"—takes us on an adventure into the "eighth continent" of the world's treetops, along her journey as a tree scientist, and into climate action Welcome to the eighth continent! 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 Arbornaut chronicles Lowman's irresistible story. From climbing solo hundreds of feet int

Who reads The Arbornaut : a Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us?

Author

Meg Lowman; Sylvia A. Earle; Sylvia A. Earle

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9780374721022

Category

science

Subjects

Science, Nature, Stem

Rating

4.6 / 5 (102 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14