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 | Mar 28, 2017 | adventure, adventurer spotlight, climbing, collect, conservation, freshwater microplastics, Gallatin Microplastics, microplastic pollution, southeast asia, Thailand
By: Emma Bode and Muy Lim After wandering through lively and vibrant local markets, we are convinced that Southeast Asia is a snacking mecca. Left to right: Muy with fried ice cream rolls, fried sesame balls, Emma with pineapple rice in a pineapple, and traditional...
by Adventure Scientists | Mar 14, 2017 | adventurer spotlight, freshwater microplastics, Gallatin Microplastics, microplastic pollution, Rivers
By: Emma Bode Adventure Scientist Emma Bode has collected microplastic water samples around the world, including in her own backyard of Bozeman, Montana. She won our #GallatinSampling Instagram contest for best collection photo and will be receiving a Peak Design...
by Adventure Scientists | Mar 7, 2017 | adventure, adventurer spotlight, boating, freshwater microplastics, himalaya, kayaking, microplastic pollution, nepal
By: Gerrit Egnew and Kirra Paulus The moment when our boats first touched water – after seventy hours of travel – was intensely gratifying. This summer, noting that there was a dearth of data in Nepal, we sought to use our particular river skills to take...
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 | Feb 8, 2017 | adventure, adventure science, adventure scientists, adventure trekking, adventurer spotlight, climbing, collect, conservation, expeditions, freshwater microplastics, himalaya, lonnie dupre, microbe collection, microplastic pollution, mountaineering, scat
By: Pascale Marceau of Vertical Nepal Vertical Nepal team working their way up the glacier on Langju. Photo by Elias de Andres Martos. Exploration, adventure, pioneering, remoteness – all words that describe this fall’s Vertical Nepal expedition. The team...
