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, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

The story goes like this: Rachel Carson’s eloquent 1962 book “Silent Spring,” about the effects of synthetic pesticides like DDT on songbirds, bees, wildlife and humans, launched the American ...

In the 15th century, amidst a prolonged era of imperial violence, a damaging chain of events played out on the island of Madeira, located in the northern Atlantic, that would repeat itself over and ...

Since the 1960s, one of the great strengths of social history has been its willingness to respond to contemporary concerns. However, as environmental issues have pushed their way to the top of the ...

Christian, David. "Bridging the Two Cultures: History, Big History, and Science." Historically Speaking 6, no. 5 (2005): 21–26. Flannery, Tim. The Future Eaters: An ...

The stories historians tell about society and climate typically take one of two forms: stories in which societies experience catastrophic collapse due to climate change and stories in which societies ...

DULUTH — George Vrtis and Christopher W. Wells are the editors of a new book about the environmental history of Minnesota. If you don't run out and buy a copy, they understand. A tent nestled in pines ...

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, ...

Growing up in a conservation-minded family was the root of Sarah Carson’s interest in environmental history. Earlier this year, Carson was one of named one of the four winners of the Porter Ogden ...