by Adventure Scientists | Sep 28, 2016 | adventure science, citizen science, conservation, freshwater microplastics, hiking, microplastic pollution, microplastics, Video
By Adventure Scientists Staff Award-winning filmmaker and wilderness guide Steve Weileman recently made this short film highlighting his experience taking water samples for Adventure Scientists’ Global Microplastics Initiative. Weileman hiked into...
by Adventure Scientists | Sep 14, 2016 | adventure science, adventurers and scientists for conservation, citizen science, Gallatin Microplastics, microplastic pollution, microplastics, montana
By Adventure Scientists Staff Guy Alsentzer and Kelsey Brasseur, our Microplastics Program Manager, train a new crew of volunteers at Bozeman Pond. Photo: Jeff Miesbauer This weekend Adventure Scientists kicked off the second year of our Gallatin Microplastics...
by Adventure Scientists | Sep 6, 2016 | Gallatin Microplastics, kayaking, microplastic pollution, microplastics, whitewater
By Gerrit EgnewMicroplastics Adventure Scientist George and I looked upstream at Skyscraper, a rapid halfway down South Silver Creek, in the mountains near Placerville, CA. Beneath us was an undercut cave; we had been there for a while, scouting and fretting and...
by Adventure Scientists | Aug 23, 2016 | adventure science, arctic, microplastic pollution, microplastics, polar bears
By Maya WeeksMicroplastics Adventure Scientist Massive calving glacier seen from the ship. Photo: Maya Weeks Sørvika, Murchisonfjorden, NordaustlandetNow we are sailing and, having helped hoist a jib and the mainsheet, I’m so happy. Every day on this trip...
by Adventure Scientists | Jun 2, 2016 | microplastics
By: Our ShoresMicroplastics Adventure Scientists The Our Shores team with their trusty companion. Left to right: Evan Flom, Allissa Stutte, and Andy Butter. Photo: Our Shores Something we feel is important to talk about is how we’re carrying ourselves around the...
by Adventure Scientists | May 31, 2016 | microplastics
By Jenna WalengaMicroplastics Program Manager Abby Barrows presenting at the MICRO 2016 conference in Lanzarote, Spain. Photo: Chelsea Rochman Microplastics Principal Investigator, Abigail Barrows, was in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain last week for Micro...
