by Adventure Scientists | Jan 13, 2016 | adventurers and scientists for conservation, citizen science, microplastics
By Emmy LuenemannASC Freshwater Microplastics Adventurer Denali, Denali National Park, Alaska (Photo by Emmy Luenemann) Denali National Park is one of the most fantastic, awe-inspiring places in the whole world. Every turn, whether it’s on the...
by Adventure Scientists | Dec 10, 2015 | greenland, microplastics, sailing
Arctic Gulls This past summer, veteran ASC sailors Matt Rutherford and Nicole Trenholm sailed from Annapolis, Maryland through the North Atlantic, the Labrador Sea, and north along the west coast of Greenland to Qaanaaq, a point just north of Melville Bay....
by Adventure Scientists | Nov 17, 2015 | microplastics, National Geographic, oceans, Scuba Diving
In the outer atolls of the Seychelles, Pristine Seas divers found rich marine ecosystems; here, Mauritian anemonefish and orange basslets congregate around a group of anemones and soft corals. (Photo by Manu San Félix/National Geographic Pristine Seas) ASC volunteers...
by Adventure Scientists | Nov 10, 2015 | microplastics, oceans, sailing
In late 2014, ASC partnered with the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, a fleet of sailboats that makes an annual crossing of the Atlantic. In total, 93 of the 251 boats gathered water samples for the ASC Global Microplastics Initiative, contributing 521 samples...
by Adventure Scientists | Oct 29, 2015 | microplastics, Video
By Erica Prather and Andy DavidsonASC MIcroplastics Adventurers Boasting one of the planet’s highest biomass productions, the Tongass National Forest is the largest remaining temperate rainforest on Earth. With its famed ice caves...
by Adventure Scientists | Oct 8, 2015 | microplastics, oceans, sailing
By Thomas NielsenASC Microplastics Adventurer Team Sea Runners sailing north past Lasqueti Island. During their adventure, they gathered samples for ASC. (Photo by Michael Dougherty) By mid afternoon, light southerlies were filling in. The sea surface became rippled...
