by Adventure Scientists | Apr 4, 2017 | adventure scientists, project development
By: Aisling Force and Nina Hadley PC: Google stock imagery Spring is in the air and Adventure Scientists is hard at work planting new project ideas. Sometimes these ideas blow in with the wind – from our website, by word of mouth, or through a contact...
by Adventure Scientists | Feb 28, 2017 | adventure scientists, Boundary Waters, canoe, conservation, freshwater microplastics, microplastic pollution, microplastics, Minnesota, National Geographic
By: Amy Freeman Watching sunset on Ensign Lake. Photo by Dave Freeman Amy Freeman uses a secchi disc to measure water clarity on one of the more than 500 bodies of water the Freemans visited during their Year in the Wilderness. Photo by Dave Freeman My husband, Dave,...
by Adventure Scientists | Feb 8, 2017 | adventure, adventure science, adventure scientists, adventure trekking, adventurer spotlight, climbing, collect, conservation, expeditions, freshwater microplastics, himalaya, lonnie dupre, microbe collection, microplastic pollution, mountaineering, scat
By: Pascale Marceau of Vertical Nepal Vertical Nepal team working their way up the glacier on Langju. Photo by Elias de Andres Martos. Exploration, adventure, pioneering, remoteness – all words that describe this fall’s Vertical Nepal expedition. The team...
by Adventure Scientists | Jan 18, 2017 | adventure, adventure scientists, adventurer spotlight, africa, collect, conservation, madagascar, microplastics, surfing
By: Erwan Simon | Photos by John Seaton Callahan The Barren Islands were completely uninhabited as recently as 2000 – the Vezo people have since moved here from mainland Madagascar in small groups to pursue seasonal fishing opportunities. Photos by John...
by Adventure Scientists | Jan 12, 2017 | adventure, adventure scientists, adventurer spotlight, collect, conservation, freshwater microplastics, microplastics, pacific northwest, science
In 2016 Adventure Scientists contributed over 15,000 volunteer field days (that’s over 41 years!) to our scientific partners to help them discover solutions to pressing environmental issues. Adria Magrath of Vashon Island, Washington, submitted one of...
by Adventure Scientists | Jan 8, 2017 | adventure scientists, antarctica, boating, citizen science, collect, conservation, expeditions, microplastic pollution, microplastics, oceans
By: Annette BomboschExpedition Guide and Citizen Science Coordinator for G Adventures and Polar Latitudes Perfect reflections of Antarctica’s mountain ranges along the Antarctic Peninsula. Photo by: Annette Bombosch I will never forget the first time I...