geography

Humanities

Uncovering the roots of prison labor in America - Audio

Two Berkeley doctoral students dissect how prison labor programs — such as California's use of incarcerated firefighters — evolved and why they persist.

Campus & community

Britt H. Young on learning to navigate the world with the body she has - Audio

Politics & society

What does California owe descendants of the enslaved?

Research

Climate change likely to uproot more Amazon trees

Earth-sun distance dramatically alters seasons in equatorial Pacific in a 22,000-year cycle

How old is Yosemite Valley?

New exhibit showcases cartographic treasures from The Bancroft Library

Copper-based chemicals may be contributing to ozone depletion

Meet our new faculty: Meg Mills-Novoa, geography

Library’s ‘Mapping the Bay’ contest calls for submissions

Meet our new faculty: Clancy Wilmott, geography

Maya more warlike than previously thought

Berkeley Talks: Berkeley artist Mildred Howard on the impact of gentrification in the Bay Area - Audio

Geography professor emerita Gillian Hart wins Vega Medal

Expert on rip currents warns of dangers at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach - Video

Getting the U.S. election all mapped out - Photos

All geography