by Adventure Scientists | Jun 20, 2017 | pollinators, science
By: Michelle Toshack How robust are butterfly populations in wilderness areas? What management strategies can be adopted to address the conservation of these species? These are some of the questions that Adventure Scientists is tackling with our Conserving...
by Adventure Scientists | May 16, 2017 | climate change, conservation, science
By: Victoria Ortiz “I’m not trying to be anyone’s savior. I’m just trying to think about the future and not be sad.”This quote by Elon Musk at April’s TED Conference in Vancouver, Canada has echoed beyond the stage throughout social...
by Adventure Scientists | Jan 12, 2017 | adventure, adventure scientists, adventurer spotlight, collect, conservation, freshwater microplastics, microplastics, pacific northwest, science
In 2016 Adventure Scientists contributed over 15,000 volunteer field days (that’s over 41 years!) to our scientific partners to help them discover solutions to pressing environmental issues. Adria Magrath of Vashon Island, Washington, submitted one of...
by Adventure Scientists | Feb 24, 2016 | adventure, climbing, conservation, microplastics, science, Thailand
By Dylan JonesASC Microplastics Adventurer The largest bay on Koh Lao Liang Phi (Photo by Dylan Jones) The morning sun dances off the glassy ripples lapping against my kayak. I dip a sampling bottle under the crystalline surface one, two, three times, the displaced...
by Adventure Scientists | Sep 17, 2014 | adventurers and scientists for conservation, science, snow
Drilling glacial core samples in Tibet. (Photos by Natalie Kehrwald) Using Radioactive Isotopes to Study High-Elevation Glacial ThinningBy Emily Wolfe Natalie Kehrwald thought she was making a mistake. As a Ph.D. student at Ohio State University in 2008, she had just...
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...
