The Emerald Review
A highly influential study from 2013 revealed that 97% of scientists agreed that human action was responsible for the climate crisis. This statistic shook the populus, but not enough to rid society of climate denial. A recent study that came out in October 2021 displayed a new and even more dire statistic—99% of scientists acknowledge […]
In the last two decades, technology has transformed the world. While some may argue that technology has increased the efficiency of many processes and improved quality of life, there have also been major drawbacks associated with its uses that have caused nearly irreversible damage to the environment. Technology has dramatically altered many industries and markets, […]
Pecking at crumbs beneath metal tables and chairs, city birds mingle together. They strike the ground with their beaks, mistaking string and candy wrappers for food. A man pulls from his pocket a Ziploc bag. Inside are two stale pieces of white bread. He opens the bag and begins tearing the bread into small pieces, […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan met in Moscow to discuss the implementation of a national gas pipeline in Pakistan. The multibillion-dollar project does not have a proposed completion date, but both nations have agreed to discuss the project’s viability and strengthen Russo-Pakistani energy relations. News of the Russian invasion of […]
“Remember Only YOU Can Prevent Forest Fires,” is a phrase that most people in the United States recognize. Smokey the Bear, a black bear with a personalized park ranger hat, blue jeans, and a shovel, touted this line time and again. He was introduced in 1944 as an advertising campaign for the United States Forest […]
On January 29, 2019, the Boston Green Ribbon Commission released the Carbon Free Boston report, detailing a path for Boston to achieve carbon neutrality (no net release of carbon into the atmosphere) by 2050 through vast changes across several sectors. Immediately following the presentation, The Boston Herald published an article titled “Carbon Free Boston Panel […]
In 2013, the price of one kilogram of natural vanilla was $20. Five years later, it was over $600, more expensive than silver. 80% of the global vanilla supply is generated on the island of Madagascar, and 70% of Madagascar’s people rely on vanilla for their income. Every vine must be hand-planted and every bean […]
Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline has delivered 300,000 barrels of crude and refined oil per day from Alberta to British Columbia since 1953. But when its owner, Kinder Morgan, proposed in 2013 to construct a second pipeline to run alongside the original one to deliver an additional 600,000 barrels per day, controversy arose. First Nations groups, […]
In 2015, while conducting field work in the waters of Costa Rica, Texas A&M graduate student Christine Figgener found a male sea turtle with a plastic straw lodged up his nose. Figgener’s team removed the straw in hopes that the turtle would survive. The video of the incident went viral, sparking an international movement to […]
On September 29, 2021, the Queensland State Government in Australia signed an agreement that returned a region of rainforests to the Aboriginal, or indigenous, tribal group that has inhabited the land for thousands of years. Included in the agreement were Daintree, Cedar Bay, Black Mountain, and the Hope Islands national parks; in total, 160,000 hectares […]