COURTESY USGS This map shows the location of a 4.8 magnitude earthquake on Hawaii island early Tuesday morning. A magnitude 4.8 earthquake shook the southeastern flank of Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii ...

Satellite data has enabled researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to develop a new way to measure ocean depth. The technique, which uses imagery captured by the Landsat program, works ...

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

A map has been published which documents a city's history over hundreds of years. An Historical Map of Ripon, published by ...

In their paper published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Iván López, Evan Bjonnes and Vicki Hansen describe ...

According to estimates from a new USGS predictive model, exposure to certain PFAS chemicals may pose health risks. An estimated 71 to 95 million people in the contiguous United States—over 20% of the ...

Federal and state researchers confirmed the enormous size of the lithium deposit in southern Arkansas, known as the Smackover ...

A Bermudian scientist who dedicated most of her life to studying fossils has been celebrated after she stepped down from the Natural History Museum in London. Jill Darrell took centre stage when ...

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) urged local government units (LGUs) to maximize the use of geohazard maps to further ...

Gideon Futerman was visiting the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides in the summer when he spotted Google's car-mounted ...

Efforts to map groundwater, expand research and analyze water data are getting an injection with state and federal grants. The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology announced Tuesday its New ...

The new outsized little show at the Arts Center of the Capital Region has a perfectly convoluted title: “Little Brown Jug + Dig Deeper: [some] Art, Science, and History of Troy Clay.” It mixes soils, ...