Introduction. A new environmental history / Andrew C. Isenberg -- Part I. Dynamic environments and cultures -- 1. Beyond weather: the culture and politics of climate history / Mark Carey -- 2. Animals ...

Part 1. The natures of Indian America before Columbus. The pristine myth: the landscape of the Americas in 1492 / William M. Denevan. Documents -- Part 2. The other invaders: deadly diseases and ...

I think it’s fair to say that no field of history has grown more swiftly—in quantity or sophistication—in the 21st century than environmental history. The reason is, I suspect, self-evident: it’s in ...

Recent and major shifts in international environmental policies and programs have precedent in history, but the scale and urgency of their potential impacts present a planetary risk that’s new, ...

A new article discusses vital methodological issues for humanities-based historical inquiry and argues that the challenges of the Anthropocene demand interdisciplinary research informed by a variety ...

Many people understand the environment as a force of nature that cannot favor or disfavor different populations. However, similar to all things on Earth, the environment is subject to human influences ...

In May 2024, part of the sun exploded. The sun is an immense ball of superheated gas called plasma. Because the plasma is conductive, magnetic fields loop out of the solar surface. Since different ...

The field of environmental studies examines the complex relationships between humans and the natural world. Like environmental science, students of environmental studies learn about ecology, biology, ...