by Adventure Scientists | Sep 28, 2016 | adventure science, citizen science, conservation, freshwater microplastics, hiking, microplastic pollution, microplastics, Video
By Adventure Scientists Staff Award-winning filmmaker and wilderness guide Steve Weileman recently made this short film highlighting his experience taking water samples for Adventure Scientists’ Global Microplastics Initiative. Weileman hiked into...
by Adventure Scientists | Apr 9, 2015 | climbing, hiking
By Emily Stifler Wolfe Forming the base of nearly all aquatic food chains, diatoms are essential to the health of the planet. These single-celled photosynthetic plants account for around 40% of carbon fixation and oxygen production worldwide, according Dr. Loren...
by Adventure Scientists | Apr 15, 2014 | adventure trekking, hiking, mexico, microbe collection
Justin Lichter is an avid adventurer who has hiked over 35,000 miles since 2002. His expeditions include hiking the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, Continental Divide Trail, across Iceland, over 2,100 miles across the Himalayas, and 1,800 miles in Africa. His...
by Adventure Scientists | Feb 12, 2014 | camera trap, hiking
Stories from the Olympics (Washington, not Sochi) Jordan Holsinger is ASC’s Scientific Manager and joined the Marten Survey as a guide this year. You can read his bio here. A team of ASC adventurers joined forces with USFS to search for martens on the...
by Adventure Scientists | Nov 27, 2013 | adventure, hiking, Landmark, Photography, Wildlife
The trick of the quiet: winter on the northern prairie ASC’s newest staff member Mike Kautz joined the organization in September after several years working in Yellowstone National Park. Last week he spent two days on the American Prairie...
by Adventure Scientists | Nov 20, 2013 | apr, biodiversity, camera trap, citizen science, conservation, hiking, Landmark, science, Wildlife
Bringing Adventure-Science to the American Prairie From Marco Polo to Lewis and Clark wide open grasslands have long inspired adventurous spirits, and voyages of discovery. However, very few of these vast landscapes still exist unaltered. Only the steppes of...
