by Adventure Scientists | Jun 6, 2017 | freshwater microplastics, microplastic pollution, south america
In January 2017, Corinne Gardner arrived in southern Chile to the interdisciplinary Parque Etnobotánical Omora research station. While there she collected freshwater samples for Adventure Scientists Global Microplastics Initiative, guided English and...
by Adventure Scientists | May 30, 2017 | adventurer spotlight, collect, freshwater microplastics, microplastic pollution, patagonia, south america
By: Dylan Jones, Part 2 of 2 Cabin on Lago General Carrera, PC: Dylan Jones I wake up at 6:00 a.m., comfortable in my sleeping bag despite the stiff bed. I take a deep breath and smell the coffee. Although our expedition in the Patagonian backcountry is complete,...
by Adventure Scientists | Apr 11, 2017 | adventure, adventure scientists, adventurer spotlight, collect, conservation, freshwater microplastics, microplastic pollution, microplastics, patagonia, south america
By: Dylan Jones, Part 1 of 2 Valle Hermoso’s glacial waters drain into Lago Verde. The water in the braided streams is laden with rock flour sediment, making it too difficult to analyze for microplastics in the lab. PC: Dylan Jones I feel as if we’ve stumbled...
by Adventure Scientists | Feb 10, 2016 | expeditions, microplastics, oceans, patagonia, sailing, south america
Story and Photos by Laura K.O. SmithASC Microplastics Adventurer Commerson’s dolphins often bow ride as Ocean Tramp sails the Beagle Channel. I like to tell people about the issue of microplastics. So as I sat with...
by Adventure Scientists | Oct 1, 2015 | microplastics, south america
Conservation biologist Lesley de Souza (right) studies Arapaima, one of the largest freshwater fish in the world. (Photo by S. Piper Kimmel) By Lesley de Souza ASC Microplastics Adventurer I plunge my arm below the surface of the water, feeling the weight...
by Adventure Scientists | May 23, 2014 | south america
Lucy Buchanan-Parker and Alberto Contreras Sanz are an American and a Spaniard with a taste for travel and bikes. They are spending the year 2014 cycling through South America, from Colombia to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world. Along the way they are...
