by Adventure Scientists | Feb 13, 2015 | microplastics, oceans
By Emily Wolfe | Photos by the Horangic Family ASC caught up with the Horangic family this winter, interviewing Teddy, age 14, Helen, 12, and Basil, 8, after their family’s 15-day Atlantic crossing from Gran Canaria, Spain to St. Lucia. While Teddy and...
by Adventure Scientists | Feb 5, 2015 | microplastics, oceans
eXXpedition adventure scientists at work By Jennifer PateIt’s a distressing experience to stare at something that looks pristine and untouched by human activity, and yet to know the reality is quite different. This is how I felt during my trip sailing across the...
by Adventure Scientists | Jan 9, 2015 | microplastics, oceans
By Abby Barrows ASC Partner Scientist Up until this point, all the microplastic I’ve counted has come from surface samples. But, my most recent batch of samples included water from ASC adventurers in Palau, who took our first scuba samples, as well as...
by Adventure Scientists | Dec 5, 2014 | microplastics, oceans, sailing
By Emily WolfeWhat a coup! Our partners Marjo Boertien and Edwin Butter at Ocean Conservation have pulled off an incredible feat, enlisting crew members from 100 sailboats to collect 600 samples as they cross the Atlantic Ocean. Yes, that’s right, 600...
by Adventure Scientists | Dec 5, 2014 | microplastics, oceans, sailing, surfing
By Abby Barrows ASC Partner Scientist This summer, ASC adventurers Teresa and Ben Carey sailed to Stonington and to hand-deliver the water samples they collected on their passage from Panama to Maine. I showed them around my lab, and had them process samples two of...
by Adventure Scientists | Nov 7, 2014 | adventurers and scientists for conservation, africa, microplastics, oceans, surfing
Q&A with Surfer Erwan SimonBy Emily Wolfe | Photos by John Seaton Callahan SurfEXPLORE was founded on a beach in Mauritania. After a day of surfing, four friends shared mint tea with their local guide under a traditional nomad Khaïma tent....
