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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...

Jody Deming is the Karl M. Banse Endowed Professor Emerita of Oceanography at the University of Washington, whose research examines microbial life in extreme oceanic environments with a recent focus on Arctic sea ice and related settings. Professor Deming is the current and founding Edito...

“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...

Chuan-Chou (River) Shen is a geochemist and Distinguished Chair Professor in the Department of Geosciences at National Taiwan University. He has authored numerous articles documenting both modern and paleoclimate changes in ocean environments, and which have made significant contributions...

Marcel Nicolaus is a sea ice physicist at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research; Matthew Shupe is a research scientists with the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado and at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admi...

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...

In California, early fall is perhaps the best time of the year to get out and explore. The coastal fogs retreat, and the days are warm and sunny through October. From coastal redwoods to the High Sierra, there is no shortage of world-class hiking and ecological diversity throughout Califo...

UC Press is proud to share that Drew Harvell has been chosen as the 2020 recipient of the Ecological Society of America‘s Sustainability Science Award for her UC Press-published Ocean Outbreak: Confronting the Rising Tide of Marine Disease. Granted annually, the award is given ...

Established in 2005 International Surfing Day is a worldwide celebration of the sport and surf culture, and is also used as an opportunity for the surfing community to give back to the environment by organizing educational events, beach clean-ups, dune and habitat restoration, and other a...

Dibujo en carboncillo de un coronavirus (charcoal drawing of a coronavirus). Image credit: Soledad Miranda-Rottmann, Wikimedia Commons The global coronavirus pandemic has already affected most of the planet in innumerable ways. Beyond its devastating human health toll, we are witnessin...