Dr. Lowman was a guest on WCOM’s Radio in Vivo on June 1, 2011. Discussion included the Nature Research Center, canopy science research and communicating science.

You can also listen the the podcast using the player below:

Museum initiatives on the diversity of life on and around us

Student Jiri Hulcr was on NPR’s Living on Earth to talk about the Belly Button Biodiversity project.

Listen and read at: http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=11-P13-00019&segmentID=7

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May 2011 – Tree climbing class from NC Museum of Natural Sciences and NC State University biology department under a giant willow oak after the first climb!

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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 to point, others were more interested in reptiles, geology, or birds! The regions of the Orinoco River close to its mouth were so disappointing in terms of human clearing, but highlights included Kaieteur Falls in Guyana, and the Asa Wright Nature Center in Trinidad.

Some video of this transect along the coastline of South America is below:

More info about the South America trip

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 our “Saving the Forests of Ethiopia – one church at a time” page.

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 work to save the Church Forests and more.

Videos taken in India while doing canopy conservation & outreach:

An artwork of Meg-as-Canopy by Indian canopy ecology student, M. Paramesh, marks a successful visit to work on India’s critical forest conservation.

Meg-as-Canopy by M. Paramesh

Brian Malow (science comedian) and Canopymeg (geek scientist), speakers at ScienceOnline 2011!