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 | 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 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...
by Adventure Scientists | Aug 31, 2015 | microplastics, oceans, Rivers, Video
Pledge to Support Clean Water With Us and 1% for the Planet The Adventure Scientists Microplastics Project is featured as a “Water Activator” in a far-reaching campaign this summer run by one of our nonprofit partners. 1% for the...
by Adventure Scientists | Aug 26, 2015 | microplastics, oceans, Photography
Photos by Joe Klementovich | Story by Emily Stifler Wolfe ASC volunteer Joe Klementovich woke at 4:30 a.m., and quietly snuck out of the house where his family was vacationing in Camden, Maine, pulling out of the driveway without waking anyone. He...
