I located an article that defines what "environmental history" really is. According to this article, environmental history is "the interdisciplinary study of human interactions with the natural world over time." Environmental historians try to understand many things, including how people modify the places and ecosystems that they inhabit, how nature sets limits for human actions, and how the natural world shapes values, economics, and cultures. However, the goals of environmental historians change throughout the world. They reflect the specific environment that is studied. Environmental history is most developed in the United States.
Watson, Fiona. "Environmental History." The Scottish Historical Review 82.214 (2003): 285-294. Web. 30 Sept. 2012. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/25529721.pdf?acceptTC=true>.
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