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 | Dec 14, 2016 | adventure, adventure scientists, boating, citizen science, collect, freshwater microplastics, microplastics, Potomac River, river, students, Washington D.C.
By: Carter Cortazzi, Jamie Farrell, and Lola Bushnell At 5 a.m. on a very dark and cold Halloween weekend morning, our crew of intrepid explorers assembled at Georgetown University’s front gates in Washington, D.C. Freshly awoken after very few...
by Adventure Scientists | Dec 8, 2016 | adventure, adventure scientists, camera trap, citizen science, collect, film festival, Uinta Mountains, ultrarunning, utah, Wildlife, wolverine
By: Danny Schmidt & Victoria Ortiz Solitary, elusive, and badass – meet the real wolverine In February of 2014, a remotely triggered camera in Utah’s rugged Uinta mountains captured a picture of something no one thought possible in the...
by Adventure Scientists | Nov 29, 2016 | adventure, adventure scientists, citizen science, expeditions, freshwater microplastics, Great Lakes, Lake Superior, microplastics, Our Shores, ultrarunning
By: Our ShoresMicroplastics Adventure Scientists Our Shores: Ultrarun for the Love of the Lake was a self-supported ultrarunning expedition undertaken by Allissa Stutte, Evan Flom and Andy Butter. The trio took 86 days to run a total of 1,352 miles around Lake...
by Adventure Scientists | Feb 24, 2016 | adventure, climbing, conservation, microplastics, science, Thailand
By Dylan JonesASC Microplastics Adventurer The largest bay on Koh Lao Liang Phi (Photo by Dylan Jones) The morning sun dances off the glassy ripples lapping against my kayak. I dip a sampling bottle under the crystalline surface one, two, three times, the displaced...
by Adventure Scientists | Apr 21, 2015 | adventure, microplastics, surfing
By John Seaton CallahanASC Microplastics Adventurer Papua Province on the island of New Guinea is a wild and remote area. Poor infrastructure and the simmering conflict between native Papuan and the Indonesian government have restricted development. While exploring...
