The Arbornaut: A Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us

As a graduate student, now doctor with a punny name, Megan Lowman was exploring Australian rainforests when she realized her perspective on the ground was the first boundary she needed to breach. Home-brewing her climbing setup, she ventured off to the treetops above and found herself in a strata of the world that was a universe unto itself.

This book blends research and memoir as Lowman takes us through her travels and experiences among the treetops, of how she would come to pioneer the study of canopy ecology. Enthusiastic and optimistic, Lowman’s story is figuratively and literally uplifting — from the only girl at the science fair to one of the first to develop forest walkways for scientific research. 

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