Nat Geo Live: From Roots to Canopy

Name: Nat Geo Live: From Roots to Canopy
Start: 2025-03-18T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Schedule

Tue Mar 18 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts | Saint Paul, MN

Tree canopy ecologist Nalini Nadkarni explores the worlds hidden in the treetops suspended above our heads
Throughout human history, trees have provided our most important sources of sustenance, protection, and wonder. Nalini Nadkarni, a tree canopy ecologist, has spent four decades dangling among the branches to study the ways that forests inform our daily lives. Climb into the clouds to experience the magnificent wildlife and incredible science happening in the vast, hidden worlds suspended above our heads.
About Nalini Nadkarni
Nalini Nadkarni is a National Geographic Explorer At Large, the highest distinction within the organization. She pioneered canopy access techniques to study the plants, animals, and microbes that live in the treetops. She interweaves her research on rainforest canopies with innovative public engagement. A contributor to 150 scientific papers and books, she has cast new insights on the importance of canopy plants in ecosystem processes and the effects of human activities on forest diversity and function. Her work is featured in academic journals and in public media such as NPR; Science Friday; Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me; and RadioLab. Her awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the AAAS Award for Public Engagement, the National Science Foundation Award for Public Service, The Wilson Award for the Advancement of Social Justice and the Archie Carr Medal for Conservation. She is currently a professor at the University of Utah.
Photo gallery
Photos by Getty Images, Keith Ladzinksi, Kili Yüyan, Niki Chan Wylie.
Tree canopy ecologist Nalini Nadkarni. Photo by Niki Chan Wylie.
Forest. Photo by Keith Ladzinski.
Forest. Photo by Kiliii Yüyan.