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Hikers’ Shoes Could Be Polluting a “Pristine” Adirondacks Lake
A report from the Adirondacks is leading some researchers to surmise that hikers’ gear is likely a leading cause of microplastic contamination in at least some wild water sources.
The World Was Trying to Tell This Hiker He’d Won a Nobel. He Had No Service.
Fred Ramsdell was in the Wyoming backcountry when the Nobel Prize committee made its announcement.