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 ...

Part I. Introduction -- The long shadows / Simo Laakkonen, Richard P. Tucker, and Timo Vuorisalo -- Polemosphere: the war, society, and the environment / Simo Laakkonen -- World War II: a global ...

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 ...

At first glance, the modern environmental movement and the far-right movement – including anti-immigrant and white supremacist groups – might appear to be on opposing sides of the political ideology ...

A new book called The Burning Earth: A History takes on a massive question: How did we get here? “Here” being this point in environmental history and decades deep into the climate crisis. Over the ...

Environmental history investigates the evolving interplay between human societies and their natural surroundings through time. This interdisciplinary field bridges archaeology, palaeoclimatology, ...

New programs for the new season; lectures, tours and classes in September Lisa K. Friedman Explore how humans shaped our ancient homeland with Sara Dant’s “An Environmental History of the American ...

Over the last five years, Chevron's El Segundo refinery has 46 violations of environmental safety rules; over the last decade ...

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, ...