The United States faces massive economic threats due to climate change, but not all the causes are obvious.

The Chinese government has begun using surprising methods to control air pollution while aligning local and national interests.

A UC Berkeley historian explores how commonly used modern-day business practices evolved from methods used in the operation of brutal slave plantations.

The origins of the modern U.S. beef industry go farther back than most people realize, says UC Berkeley historian Joshua Specht.

A team of UC Berkeley researchers warn that by 2100, climate change will cause rampant starvation and disease in the Sahel, a region in Africa, unless measures are taken to promote agricultural adaptation, family planning, and women’s empowerment.

Migrant farmworkers are subject to social and economic inequalities that put them at greater risk of hardship and injury, according to a book by UC Berkeley’s Seth Holmes.

Was the Hurricane Katrina disaster a failure of engineering or human organizations? UC Berkeley's Center for Catastrophic Risk Management seeks new approaches for mitigating the risks of large-scale disasters.
 

Do urban planners ask enough hard questions? A UC Berkeley working group tackles "critical urbanisms" to challenge the conventional wisdom.

A groundbreaking long-term study by UC Berkeley researchers shows that playing with children has a profound impact on their future incomes.

A new Social Science Matrix seminar is focused on finding radical new approaches to clinical health care.