By William T. Taylor, author of Hoof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human HistoryIn our world today, it’s pretty unusual to see a horse riding down the street. In most cities and towns around the world, horses have retreated to the edges of daily life – appearing more often in sporting events or novelty t...
By Charles Binkley, co-author of Encoding Bioethics: AI in Clinical Decision-Making
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being introduced into every sector of the human experience, and healthcare is no exception.
AI models were first used in radiology in the 1980s to aid radiologists in ...
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...
By Tyler Loftus, co-author of Encoding Bioethics: AI in Clinical Decision-Making
Encoding Bioethics begins where all good healthcare stories begin: in the trenches of patient care. We have many professional roles in healthcare, but above all, we are surgeons. Providing the best patient...
Case Studies in the Environment is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Case Studies in the Environment Prize Competition.
Eligible submissions are judged for their ability to translate discrete case studies into broad, generalizable findings; for advancing a strong perspective ...
As part of our ongoing Editor Spotlight Series, we connected with UC Press Associate Editor Naja Pulliam Collins to talk about her role as the new Environmental Studies and Geography Editor, what kinds of projects she’s looking for, and how authors can connect.
How did you become an...
by Emma Frances Bloomfield, author of Science v Story: Narrative Strategies for Science Communicators.
In 1999, Climate Research Unit (CRU) director Phil Jones sent an email briefly summarizing his process for combining measurements from climate proxy points, including ice cores and tr...
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...
Introduction to the Special Collection
Geography and environmental case studies are regularly one and the same. Unpacking environmental case studies requires a geographic framework, examining how flows—economic, environmental, cultural, political—intersect in an absolute location and d...
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...