The Emerald Review
Green space, or land that is partly or completely covered with grass, trees, shrubs, or other vegetation, is an integral part of modern urban landscapes. One of the more common variants of urban green space is community gardens. The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines these gardens as “plots of land, usually in urban areas, that […]
The Gulf Coast of Florida is home to a mammal rarely found anywhere else in the world: the manatee. These creatures are slow moving omnivores that are loved by locals, but despite their popularity, their numbers are dwindling. Manatees are difficult to spot in the water and tend to hover around surface water level, making […]
It happens to nearly everyone: people drop their phones in a frantic rush, or they fall out of pockets onto the sidewalk, and the screen is cracked. People can bring devices to one of the numerous independent repair shops that have become ubiquitous in most towns and cities, and repairs can be done relatively affordably […]
The winter sports industry is estimated to make $20 billion each year in the United States, yet this revenue is expected to decline in the coming years as climate change reduces the winter season and warmer weather minimizes snow accumulation. Ski resorts are already seeing the effects of a changing climate: research from Geophysical Research […]
On March 18th, 2021, representatives from China and the United States met at a summit in Alaska for the first meeting between the two world powers since the Biden administration took office. Reports leading up to the meeting were riddled with headlines like “Climate Offers a Glimmer of Hope for U.S.-China Cooperation.” Climate discussions were […]
Over the past decade, there has been a widespread rise in the use and intrigue of cryptocurrency, showing no indication of slowing down. Cryptocurrency is a form of digitized money, with notable companies including Bitcoin and Ethereum, with Bitcoin particularly surging in value in early 2021. This, however, is not without its environmental drawbacks. As […]
In February 2021, severe winter storms caused major statewide power outages throughout Texas, with an estimated cost of $195.6 billion and 111 lives lost over the course of a few weeks. As soon as the blackouts started, politicians began denouncing the expansion of renewable energy sources in the Texan power grid as the cause of […]
In northern New Mexico, the Navajo and Pueblo native tribes face constant public health and environmental risks due to land leases for oil drilling on local public lands. Although fracking has been permitted for decades in this region, in 2010, new technologies allowed oil companies to drill deeper than ever before, revitalizing the potential for […]
Words don’t start out as buzzwords. They often originate as technical words, but then lose meaning after being overused, transforming them from words to on-hand jargon. The word “green” takes 0.15 seconds to generate 16,330,000,000 results on Google. Edging in second place is “sustainable,” with 782,000,000 results in 0.95 seconds. “Regenerative” comes up short, taking […]
The Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribal community of Isle de Jean Charles, off the coast of Louisiana, is sinking into the ocean. In the past six decades, the island has lost 98% of its land due to sea level rise and constant coastal erosion, with their five by eleven-mile island shrinking to a mere quarter-mile by two miles. There is one road into the […]