A New Golden Age for Exploration

We built the Open Explorer platform to empower the next generation of global explorers.

There has never been a better time to be a curious person. Science has pushed our collective understanding further than we thought possible, but even as science races ahead, there’s a persistent hindrance to our progress: access. For too many, taking part in the scientific process is seen as a distant and daunting endeavor.

Even the term “exploration” can seem dusty, dated, and decidedly inaccessible. If asked to name a contemporary explorer, most people would be stumped. Few are aware that 95 percent of the ocean is unexplored, that thousands of rivers remain unknown to science, and that research is uncovering new species constantly. There is still much humans don’t know.

It doesn’t have to be that way. What the internet did for movies, music, and journalism — breaking down old institutional barriers — it has the potential to do for science, bring more people from diverse backgrounds into the fold.

It’s time to reclaim the word “exploration” and redefine it to encompass the incredible work of present-day researchers, students, and citizen scientists. It should include those who are advancing our knowledge of our planet, finding solutions to our biggest challenges, and tearing down the walls between questions and answers.

There’s a hard line around good science — peer reviewed, hypothesis-driven, well-documented. Exploration can serve as a wider rallying cry — celebrating curiosity in all its forms and building a wider on-ramp. The goal is not to lower the bar of scientific contribution, but to lower the barriers. Advances in remote sensing, the ubiquity of collaborative platforms, and the increasing accessibility of scientific tools are opening up the world to a new age of exploration. This era will be defined by the diversity of its contributors, the democratization of science, and the empowerment of everyday people.

Open Explorer is for the curious, the makers, and the doers. It’s for scientists, researchers, adventurers, and students alike. We hope you’ll join us!

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