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03511aam a2200493 i 4500 001 A803418838A911ED914067003BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220920010102 008 210811s2022 nyuaf 001 0aeng d 020 $a 9781250849182 020 $a 1250849187 035 $a (OCoLC)1263339617 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d IUL $d OCLCF $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a QK31.L69 $b A3 2022 100 1 $a Lowman, Margaret, $e author. 245 10 $a Arbornaut : $b a life discovering the eighth continent in the trees above us / $c Meg Lowman. 246 30 $a Life discovering the eighth continent in the trees above us 246 3 $a Arbornaut : $b a life discovering the 8th continent in the trees above us 246 3 $a Life discovering the 8th continent in the trees above us 250 $a First paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Picador, $c 2022. 300 $a xi, 350 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 21 cm 520 $a "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 into the air in Australia's rain forests to measuring tree growth in the northeastern United States, from searching the redwoods of the Pacific coast for new life to studying leaf eaters in Scotland's Highlands, from conducting a BioBlitz in Malaysia to conservation planning in India and collaborating with priests to save Ethiopia's last forests, Lowman launches us into the life and work of a field scientist, ecologist, and conservationist. She offers hope, specific plans, and recommendations for action; despite devastation across the world, through trees, we can still make an immediate and lasting impact against climate change."-- $c Provided by publisher 500 $a Includes index. 600 10 $a Lowman, Margaret. 600 17 $a Lowman, Margaret. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00193028 650 0 $a Plant ecologists $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Botanists $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women botanists $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Rain forest ecology $x Research. 650 0 $a Forest canopy ecology $x Research. 650 7 $a Botanists. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00836862 650 7 $a Forest canopy ecology $x Research. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00932067 650 7 $a Plant ecologists. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01065414 650 7 $a Rain forest ecology $x Research. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01089450 650 7 $a Women botanists. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01177368 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919894 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117024710.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A803418838A911ED914067003BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search