by Adventure Scientists | Apr 25, 2017 | adventurer spotlight, antarctica, microplastic pollution, microplastics, oceans, penguin, whales, Wildlife
By: Annette Bombosch and Phil Hunter The Southern Ocean is a magnet for a tremendous amount of diverse wildlife. The summer season, during which so many animals come to feed and breed, is relatively short on the Antarctic Peninsula by nature of its extreme latitude....
by Adventure Scientists | Apr 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hello Microplastics Adventurers,Thank you for collecting water samples for the Adventure Scientists’ Global Microplastics Initiative. Your efforts are helping us understand the distribution and concentration of microplastics in the world’s waters,...
by Adventure Scientists | Apr 18, 2017 | adventurer spotlight, microplastic pollution, mountaineering, nepal, scat
By: Sequoia Schmidt It wasn’t until my early adulthood that the desire to learn about climbing really took hold. At the recommendation of a close friend, I signed up for an alpinism course with the American Alpine Institute (AAI). This course was seven days of...
by Adventure Scientists | Apr 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hello Microplastics Adventurers,Thank you for collecting water samples with the Adventure Scientists’ Global Microplastics Initiative. Your efforts are helping us understand the distribution and concentration of microplastics in the world’s waters, while...
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...
