by Adventure Scientists | Apr 9, 2015 | climbing, hiking
By Emily Stifler Wolfe Forming the base of nearly all aquatic food chains, diatoms are essential to the health of the planet. These single-celled photosynthetic plants account for around 40% of carbon fixation and oxygen production worldwide, according Dr. Loren...
by Adventure Scientists | Feb 27, 2014 | adventure, adventurer spotlight, adventurers and scientists for conservation, climate change, climbing, himalaya, science, snow
Dr. Hari Mix has his PhD from Stanford University in Environmental Earth Systems Science and is an avid alpinist, making regular climbing trips around the world. Hari climbed in the Himalaya in 2012 and 2013 and worked on a number of ASC projects. In 2014 Hari will...
by Adventure Scientists | Nov 8, 2013 | climbing, himalaya, mountaineering, National Geographic, nepal, skiing, snow
ASC interviews Pro Snowboarder Jeremy Jones About Nepal and Collecting Data for ASC Jeremy Jones at the office. Photo by Clark Fyans Recently ASC was connected with professional snowboarder and environmental advocate Jeremy Jones through our incredible friends at Clif...
by Adventure Scientists | Oct 31, 2013 | adventure, adventurers and scientists for conservation, climbing
Hardened Alpinists Don’t Complain ASC’s newest staff member Mike Kautz joined the organization in September after several years working in Yellowstone National Park. Like many of us who have moved to Montana Mike was drawn here by the wild and...
by Adventure Scientists | Oct 16, 2013 | adventure, climbing, mountaineering
Diatoms, Mountain Peaks and Enhancing Adventure Craig Weiland is a mountaineer from Seattle, Washington who loves to get off the beaten path frequently hiking and climbing in remote areas of the Pacific Northwest. Craig has been an ambassador for ASC collecting diatom...
by Adventure Scientists | Sep 24, 2013 | citizen science, climbing, Wildlife
Cycling, Climbing & Ecology Clint Valentine is an undergraduate at Northeastern University and an avid adventurer and photographer. He enjoys pursuits of endurance and distance which have included summiting many peaks in New England during winter alpine ascents,...