Critically Endangered Colombian Glaciers Face Extinction
Tropical mountain glaciers are rapidly melting around the world (up to 99% are in South America), but those that remain in Colombia could be entirely gone before 2050. Colombia has six remaining designated glaciers, in four distinct glacierized areas. The four areas...
The Temperature-Driven Disappearance of the World’s Tropical Glaciers
Glaciers have shaped the landscapes and mindscapes of much of the Earth and its inhabitants, ever since parts of the planet were cool and wet enough to start forming ice masses. But the Earth’s current Late Cenozoic collection of glaciers (which first started forming...
Coffee: Healthful and Complex Global Commodity
Coffee is a complex and controversial global commodity, one with significant economic, social, environmental and human health impacts. There’s a lot more going on in that mug than just a boost of energy in the morning. The coffee plant originated in modern-day...
Dr. Narco
I arrived in La Paz for the second time in my travels in late October, 2012. This was at the very tail end of the climbing season in Bolivia, and I had low expectations for finding climbing possibilities and reliable climbing partners. On my second day in La Paz,...
Fearful Symmetry
Without question, one of the most exquisitely beautiful and powerful animals on this planet is the Malayan Tiger. While I may have nearly been a small supper for one of these critically endangered felines, my adoration and respect does not waver. I was on a...
Candomble
The Animistic Afro-Brazilian religion Candomble is concentrated in the Bahia State of central-coastal Brazil. I decided to learn more about it at its most authentic in Cachoeira, a little visited village a couple of hours outside of Salvador, Bahia, and along the old...