by Adventure Scientists | Aug 13, 2015 | microplastics, National Geographic
ASC Executive Director Gregg Treinish recently presented to the National Geographic Explorers Symposium about the emerging environmental issue of microplastic pollution, and about the ASC Microplastics Project. Thousands of tiny plastic particles can...
by Adventure Scientists | Aug 6, 2015 | microplastics, river
A Puyallup River Journey Photos and Writing by Ken CampbellASC Microplastics AdventurerI don’t know my watershed as well as I thought I did. Although I sit on a local environmental education committee and work on projects for the Puyallup Watershed...
by Adventure Scientists | Aug 3, 2015 | Gallatin Microplastics, microplastics, oceans, river
The issue of microplastics pollution is drawing national attention, and ASC has been at the heart of the discussion this summer, with both our Worldwide Microplastics Project and the Gallatin Microplastics Initiative featured in Outside Magazine, Yellowstone...
by Adventure Scientists | Jul 16, 2015 | microplastics, oceans, Scuba Diving
By Emily Stifler WolfeASC StaffGiulia Grimaldi and Barbora Vagaska are headed to explore new waters—literally—off the shores of eastern Russia this summer. The two scientists at the University College London have signed on to gather water samples for the...
by Adventure Scientists | Jul 8, 2015 | Gallatin Microplastics, microplastics, montana
You Can Help Protect the Gallatin River Hikers, lace up your boots, and head into the Gallatin National Forest and Yellowstone to gather water samples. Paddlers, it’s time to eddy out for conservation science. Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation is...
by Adventure Scientists | Jun 8, 2015 | microplastics, skiing
The author gathering a sample from a lake in the Julian Alps after skiing the couloir in the background Story and Photos by Kt MillerASC Microplastics Adventurer As Mose drove, I could see a large stream running along the side of the road on the way to Ljubljana, the...