Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in ...

Geologic mapping has been one of the most fundamental mandates of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since its establishment ...

At the time, this was a new technology developed during World War II to detect submarines ... which occurs at the mid-ocean ...

Ken Macdonald, a marine geophysicist, explained how the layout of our Earth will change over millions of years ...

The USGS has revealed than around 71 to 95 million Americans may rely on groundwater supplies with detectable levels of PFAS.

Landsat satellites have gone beyond observing Earth’s land by enabling new methods to measure ocean depth in shallow coastal ...

The Imperial Valley has been recognized as one of the most unique places for geological study. It may not seem like much to ...

The Himalayas' massive heights result from a unique combination of geologic factors ... Mount Everest is the world's tallest mountain as measured from sea level. But will it hold that title ...

Dr. Ben Mirus and Dr. Francis Rengers with the U.S. Geological Survey have been using laser scans and GPS cameras, accurate down to one inch, to map out landslides caused by Helene. They hope ...

A new federal study claims Arkansas has enough lithium to meet at least nine times the projected 2030 global demand for the ...

Similar quakes in the region in the future, a seismologist warned, "could maybe focus energy toward population centers." ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has ​​hit a jackpot of massive lithium deposits buried deep beneath southwestern Arkansas, U.S.