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Preview the new Summer 2025 issue of "Pacific Historical Review."

Having a diverse, resilient, and robust system of observations, with a complimentary suite of observing platforms–one of which has been the animal-borne ocean observations–has provided key observations from the Antarctic.

Examining the case of Colombia, author Alexander Huezo, discusses the challenges and opportunities of applying a global environmental justice framework outside the U.S. communities where it began.

Case Studies in the Environment Prize Competition's 2024 winning article, from authors Lia Downing and David Hsu, explores the case of Brooklyn's Casa Pasiva green energy retrofit project.

UC Press has great news to share about FirstGen program growth and seeks your support for its continued success. Here’s how our program has benefitted first-gen authors so far.

As a complex, dynamic system, wind challenged physics and scientific modelling capabilities while also presenting human imagination with the very embodiment of change and ephemera in spite of its apparent insubstantiality.

Lindsey Dillon, author of "Toxic City," writes about environmental activism in the Bay Area

Author Sayd Randle discusses their new book "Replumbing the City: Water Management as Climate Adaptation in Los Angeles"

Rural communities and livelihoods can be transformed into more resilient entities by focusing on knowledge transfer, better resource management, and livelihood diversification.

While rising insurance rates in New Orleans reflect the challenges of engineering away from danger, we are drawn to something more powerful than a hurricane: a fierce cultural persistence for breaking bread in the ruins.