USGS has unveiled its most detailed national geologic map, giving the public a free, interactive way to explore underground ...

For Jude Kastens, who grew up on a farm in northwest Kansas, rainfall was always serious business. Although flooding wasn't ...

New global stress map reveals areas where the Earth's crust is on the verge of collapse, doubling the data and changing ...

A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun ...

The proposed NH-701A highway is far more than an engineering project; it stands as a litmus test for environmental governance ...

Earthquakes are some of nature’s most destructive forces, but what if we could better predict where they might strike? A new ...

Geologists discovered ancient rocks in Greenland that preserve the oldest known traces of Earth’s early magnetic field.

Had one hoped to leave a time capsule for today’s Bostonians in the Permian period 250 million years ago, much less the Pliocene epoch four million years ago , they would have been completely, utterly ...

North and Central Georgia are facing another warm and very dry stretch that is already contributing to fire activity across ...

The sight of flames tearing across Tongariro National Park last week was heartbreaking for lovers of the landscape. It was ...

A few weeks ago, NOAA announced the cancellation of a contract with the Alaska Earthquake Center to operate nine seismic ...

The town of Glendive makes a perfect base for exploring Makoshika. This small community of about 5,000 people offers several motels, restaurants, and the essentials you might need for your adventure.