From a Vibrant Past to a Desolate Future: La Guajira and the Wayuu Tribe of Colombia
La Guajira is a dry and windy peninsular desert region between Northeast Colombia and Northwest Venezuela. The striking landscape has been harsh and borderline uninhabitable for many thousands of years. The southernmost parts of the peninsula border the...
Changing Oceans: Food Security and Health Concerns
Changes to the Ocean’s temperature and chemistry are driving a possible food and health crisis for many impoverished people in the developing world. These changes will also have profound impacts on the diets and economies of wealthier nations and global economic...
Ocean Acidification: The Human Caused Chemical and Ecological Shifts of the Seas
Earth’s Oceans are vast and beautiful worlds that cover 71% of our planet, but their inner workings still remain very much a mystery; an estimated 95% of the Ocean is still left to be explored. Its greatest depths and countless “webs” and symbiotic relationships...
Grass Fed Beef
Cows are ruminants, and they evolved over millions of years to eat grass. Grass and other forage plants that ruminants munch on are difficult to digest, hence the evolution of their special stomach, the rumen, which helps break down these plants through special...
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...