Dr. Toby Musgrave is a plants and gardens historian, independent scholar, and consultant. He is the author or coauthor of eighteen books, including The Plant Hunters, An Empire of Plants, The Head

Professor Schwartz, who received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1968, specializes in the History of colonial Latin America, especially Brazil and on the history of Early Modern expansion. 

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Dr. Hine is fundamentally a broadly-trained geological oceanographer who has addressed sedimentary geology/stratigraphy problems from the estuarine system out to the base of slope—primarily in carb

I began my academic career as a U.S. historian specializing in the American West and environmental history. After publishing my first book (Industrial Cowboys: Miller & Lux and the Transformati

Tom Osborne, Ph.D. (Claremont Graduate University), retired chair and professor of history, Santa Ana College. Having authored Pacific Eldorado: A History of Greater California (2013, 2d edition 20

Mark C Serreze is professor with the Department of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder and the Director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), part of the Cooperative Institute for

Wes Ferguson, a Senior Editor for Texas Monthly, is the author of The Blanco River (Texas A&M University Press, February 2017) and Running the River: Secrets of the Sabine (Texas A&M Univer

Dr. Michael E. Webber is the Josey Centennial Professor in Energy Resources at The University of Texas at Austin and CTO of Energy Impact Partners, a $1.5 billion cleantech venture fund. From Septe

I am a Professor in the Department of English and the Program in the Environment at the University of Michigan, and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor. I began my career in the 1990s as a cultural histori

Sudipta Sen is professor with the department history at the University of California, Davis. His teaching focus includes Indian civilization, modern India, comparative perspectives in Middle East a

I am an environmental historian who explores the connections between waste, water, climate change, and wildlife in northern watersheds. Author of 5 books, 52 peer-reviewed articles, and public-faci

Ben Masters grew up in West Texas, studied wildlife biology at Texas A&M University, and spent four years working on a border ranch near Laredo. Masters is best known for UNBRANDED, a feature d

Welcome to my blog. I am an Australian environmental and cultural historian and writer with a Master of Arts in public history from Monash University and a PhD in history from the Australian Nation

Edward B. Barbier is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Economics, Colorado State University and a Senior Scholar in the School of Global Environmental Sustainability. He pre

I am a mid-career scientist, manager, and communicator with professional experience spanning the public, private, academic, and nonprofit sectors in the US, Canada, Mexico, and the UK. My research

David P. Schuyler, one of the foremost experts on the creation New York’s Central Park, Frederick Law Olmsted, and the history of the urban parks movement, died on 24 July 2020 after suffering an a

Todd M. Kerstetter is a professor in the department of history at TCU. He is the author of Inspiration and Innovation: Religion in the American West and God's Country and Uncle Sam's Land: Faith an

Antony Adler is a Lecturer in History at Carleton College and the author of Neptune's Laboratory. His work centers on the history of marine science and technology and ocean exploration. He holds a

I am a socio-cultural anthropologist whose research focuses on maritime piracy in the Indian Ocean and projects and processes of governance, law, and economy along the East African coast.  My

The Center for Ocean Exploration (COE) works in collaboration with the Ocean Exploration Trust (OET), which Dr. Ballard founded in 2009. OET owns and operates the E/V NAUTILUS one of two of America