by Adventure Scientists | Jun 27, 2017 | adventure scientists, National Geographic, Video
In early June, Adventure Scientists founder and Executive Director Gregg Treinish spoke at the 2017 National Geographic Explorers Festival. The National Geographic Society celebrates exploration every day of the year, but during Explorers Festival they bring...
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 | Jan 25, 2017 | adventure, adventure trekking, adventurer spotlight, collect, conservation, freshwater microplastics, interviews, microplastics, National Geographic, nepal, scat, slideshow
An Interview with Mike and Lilliana LibeckiBy: Victoria Ortiz Adventure Scientist and National Geographic Explorer Mike Libecki wants to complete 100 expeditions by the time he’s 100 years old. He also strives to be the best father on the planet. And for...
by Adventure Scientists | Nov 17, 2015 | microplastics, National Geographic, oceans, Scuba Diving
In the outer atolls of the Seychelles, Pristine Seas divers found rich marine ecosystems; here, Mauritian anemonefish and orange basslets congregate around a group of anemones and soft corals. (Photo by Manu San Félix/National Geographic Pristine Seas) ASC volunteers...
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 26, 2014 | adventurers and scientists for conservation, africa, National Geographic
There are few places left in the world that remain essentially as they were 10,000 years ago. The Okavango Delta is such a place, according to those who’ve been there. ASC Executive Director Gregg Treinish is headed home after an expedition in the delta, and...
