Press room
In the press
Four decades of canopy work, as covered by others. For interview requests, get in touch.
Coverage
Selected press.
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El Correo (XL Semanal) 27 August 2026 "There's More Water in Treetop Canopies Than in Rivers" (in Spanish)↗ -
Emergence Magazine October 2024 The Church Forests of Ethiopia↗ -
Undark 24 September 2021 Book Review: A Scientist's Life in the Treetops↗ -
Audubon 2021 Take a Trip to the 'Eighth Continent'↗ - Miami Herald April 2020 We must save Earth's oceans and forests if we are to save ourselves | Opinion↗
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Mongabay March 2015 Researchers, locals work together to save Ethiopia's 'church forests'↗ -
Your Wild Life May 2014 Before They Were Scientists: Meg Lowman↗ -
Popular Science September 2010 Top Ten Cool College Labs / Awesome Labs - National Geographic Adventure October 2007 Meg Lowman feature (Green Edition / 35 Earth-Changing People + Ideas)
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Billionaire (BLLNR) The Scientist Who Discovered 'The Eighth Continent'↗ - Science (AAAS) A Case Study of a Mom-Scientist: Canopy Meg↗
Also
Institutions and organizations.
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Allegheny College 2026 Allegheny College to Honor Global Forest Canopy Leader Margaret D. Lowman at 2026 Commencement↗ - TREE Foundation 5 February 2024 Meg Lowman Awarded Tällberg Prize: Changing the Arc of the Climate Crisis↗
- Stavros Niarchos Foundation November 2023 Tällberg Foundation Honors 2023 Global Leadership Prize Winners in Italy↗
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California Academy of Sciences Safeguarding Ethiopia's Church Forests↗ - Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize Margaret Lowman — 2023 Leader↗
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University of Aberdeen Kieran Dodds and Meg Lowman's Ethiopian Encounter↗ -
WINGS Women of Discovery Working to Save Ethiopia's Church Forests↗
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