The Emerald Review
Boston has long painted itself as a city of socially conscious, revolutionary intellectuals. However, that image has come at the expense of minority groups, with the Boston metropolitan area ranked as the nation’s seventh most racially segregated. Unfortunately, climate change is no exception to that rule of discrimination, affecting minority neighborhoods more severely than white […]
Currently, there are no clear regulations regarding climate change disclosures for publicly traded corporations in the United States. Any company that sells stocks and is required to report their financials is able to disclose as much or as little as they want, with no easy way to compare reports across companies. This allows organizations to […]
Thousands of animal and plant species all over the world are forced out of their homes every day due to the destruction of their habitats. Many people are aware that urbanization, fires, mining, and wood extraction are leading causes of deforestation. However, above all, the leading cause of the deterioration of forests and nature reserves […]
As the official fruit of Massachusetts, cranberries have been essential to the state’s culture and economy for thousands of years. Cranberries are the most significant agricultural crop produced in Massachusetts, with the industry generating 7,000 jobs and $70 million annually. While demand for the fruit has been steadily increasing as cranberry juice and dried cranberries […]
In early 2021, Denmark announced a bold and somewhat unprecedented plan to tackle climate change by adding another innovative technology to Denmark’s renewable energy catalog: a floating energy island the size of 18 football fields 50 miles out in the North Sea. As a sector of the government’s Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Utilities, the […]
In 2020, the European airspace giant, Airbus, announced plans to develop the first zero emission, hydrogen powered aircraft. This plan comes after the aviation industry contributed more than 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2019 alone. Airbus sees their plan as the only option of tackling decarbonization in the aviation industry, given recent […]
More than half of the United States’ population lives in suburbs. Typically, suburbs are defined as being within metropolitan areas but outside of core cities. They are also typically less politically progressive and more culturally homogenous than core cities; have fewer green spaces, plants, and animals; and lower food-producing capacities than rural areas. However, this […]
Pollinators are essential organisms to the health of most ecological communities and aid human populations with producing vital necessities such as crops, clothing, and livestock. Unfortunately, along with many other organisms, pollinators are extremely vulnerable to our world’s increasingly volatile climates and rising temperatures, and the influx of invasive species brought about by global trade has […]
Many industries in the South are left unprepared for ice and snow as the climate changes. Almost all of these industries have infrastructures that are impossible to update and change without massive financial losses, and airports are a major culprit. In the February ice storm, which impacted primarily Texas and Missouri, airports in the area […]
If one has ever been to the beach, they’ve probably felt small compared to the ocean. In fact, only 5% of the world’s oceans have been explored at this time, so people have barely scratched the surface in terms of ocean exploration. Much of the ocean is a mysterious abyss, full of species not yet […]