The Emerald Review
Up in the San Bernardino Mountains of Southern California stands a tree on the shore of Big Bear Lake. 145 feet up the trunk of the Jeffrey pine and nestled in between branches is a large nest in which a bald eagle roosts. Her deep brown feathers blend in with the nest’s sticks, twigs, and […]
In a study released out of Italy on December 2, 2020, researchers found microplastics embedded in human placenta, exposing an entirely new concern surrounding improper plastic disposal. About 320 million tons of plastic are produced annually around the world, 40% of which are single-use and thus cannot be recycled. Often, people improperly dispose of these […]
Last November, President Trump announced the reversal of a 2014 ban on elephant trophy imports from Zimbabwe and Zambia. Following backlash from animal rights and conservation activists, Trump placed the reversal on hold two days later “until such time as I review all conservation facts.” African elephants remain an endangered and dwindling species – the […]
In 2014, Scott Brusaw, an electrical engineer from Sandpoint, Idaho, told the world about his idea to revolutionize energy generation and transportation in a YouTube video called “Solar FREAKIN’ Roadways.” Scott Brusaw and his wife Julie co-founded the company Solar Roadways, intending to replace every road in America with hexagonal interconnecting solar panels, generating clean […]
In late 2020, America gained a new addition to its beloved National Park System as West Virginia gained its first. New River Gorge National Park and Preserve expands over 53 square miles of land, featuring steep cliffs as high as 1,600 feet carved by the flowing turquoise New River, the second oldest river in the […]
The plant-based milk industry has expanded dramatically in recent years due to increases in the popularity of vegan milk options, which are usually made from plants like almonds, soybeans, and oats. While dairy milk sales are declining at a rate of 3% each year, sales of plant-based milk have grown 6% in just the past […]
In America, it’s impossible to have a conversation about our food and where it comes from without talking about genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Selective breeding–where organisms with desired traits are bred together to amplify those traits–is technically a type of genetic modification, but GMOs usually refer to cases where the desired genes are removed from […]
Whales are very vocal creatures; from singing Humpback Whales to chirping dolphins, cetaceans are in constant, vocal communication with each other and their surroundings. Baleen Whales, like Blue Whales, Humpback Whales, and Fin Whales, tend to use low-frequency sounds to communicate, usually less than 1 kHz. These low-frequency sounds travel great distances underwater without losing […]
Much of the public was appalled to hear that an iceberg approximately the size of Delaware had broken free from Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf this July. News outlets hailed this as evidence of humanity’s irreparable impact on the environment—a sudden and apocalyptic warning which some claimed would lead to immediately measurable sea rise. However, […]