by Adventure Scientists | Nov 10, 2015 | microplastics, oceans, sailing
In late 2014, ASC partnered with the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, a fleet of sailboats that makes an annual crossing of the Atlantic. In total, 93 of the 251 boats gathered water samples for the ASC Global Microplastics Initiative, contributing 521 samples...
by Adventure Scientists | Oct 8, 2015 | microplastics, oceans, sailing
By Thomas NielsenASC Microplastics Adventurer Team Sea Runners sailing north past Lasqueti Island. During their adventure, they gathered samples for ASC. (Photo by Michael Dougherty) By mid afternoon, light southerlies were filling in. The sea surface became rippled...
by Adventure Scientists | Aug 31, 2015 | microplastics, oceans, Rivers, Video
Pledge to Support Clean Water With Us and 1% for the Planet The Adventure Scientists Microplastics Project is featured as a “Water Activator” in a far-reaching campaign this summer run by one of our nonprofit partners. 1% for the...
by Adventure Scientists | Aug 26, 2015 | microplastics, oceans, Photography
Photos by Joe Klementovich | Story by Emily Stifler Wolfe ASC volunteer Joe Klementovich woke at 4:30 a.m., and quietly snuck out of the house where his family was vacationing in Camden, Maine, pulling out of the driveway without waking anyone. He...
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...
