In December 2013, UC Press’s mission-driven, trans-disciplinary, open-access journal Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene published its first article, ushering in its motto, “Open Science for Public Good.” In this blog post we pause to reflect and take note of some of the publication hig...
On this day in 1809, the British naturalist Charles Darwin was born. As a 22-year old, recent graduate (B.A., Cambridge University), Darwin was invited to join a fateful, five-year survey expedition on the Royal Navy ship HMS Beagle, a journey which laid the basis for his later, seminal w...
“A stunning atlas of the present and future.”—Rebecca Solnit
For Earth Day, we are thrilled to give you a preview of Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean by Christina Gerhardt. Publishing in May 2023 and available now for pre-ordering, this brand new, original, and impo...
On this day in 1809, the British naturalist Charles Darwin was born. As a 22-year old, recent graduate (B.A., Cambridge University), Darwin was invited to join a fateful, five-year survey expedition on the Royal Navy ship HMS Beagle, a journey which laid the basis for his later, seminal w...
As part of our ongoing Editor Spotlight Series, we connected with UC Press Editor Chloe Layman to talk about her role as the new Sciences Editor, what kinds of projects she’s looking for, and how authors can connect.
Chloe Layman joined UC Press in late 2021 after having worked in m...
Jennifer Bernstein is a lecturer with the USC Dornsife Spatial Sciences Institute. She has published numerous peer-reviewed articles on environmental topics, including in Nature Climate Change, The Journal of Environmental Education, and Environmental Communication, and is co-author of SD...
Christina Vagt is a media theorist, writer, and Associate Professor of European Media Studies in the Department of Germanic & Slavic Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Sebastian Vehlken is a professor of media theory and media history at the ICAM Institute for Cul...
The environment is facing unprecedented challenges. Climate change and increased pollution are disrupting access to natural resources, such as clean water and air, and leading to rapid biodiversity loss. It is easy to feel overwhelmed by the intractable scale of these issues, which is why...
Anita Milman is an Associate Professor in UMass Amherst’s Department of Environmental Conservation and Affiliated Investigator with the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center. Michael Kiparsky is Director of the Wheeler Water Institute within the Center for Law, Energy & the Envi...
An Interview with M. Susan Lindee and Warwick Anderson, co-editors of HSNS‘s new special issue, “Pacific Biologies: How Humans Become Genetic“
Watch the video trailer for the “Pacific Biologies” special issue of HSNS
During the past decade and more, there have been many historical s...