The deposits here have been recognized as one of the top 100 geological heritage sites in the world, highlighting their scientific and natural value. However, limited knowledge of how these geodes ...

Sometimes, significant scientific findings occur entirely by chance. This was exactly the case with the recent discovery of a ...

Information about the gravitational fields of Mars has recently been analyzed and seems to reveal that there are a number of ...

In a bid to unearth its own nickel, lithium, and more, the U.S. is using AI to help zero in on mineral-rich deposits.

could potentially experience landslide activity, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). In response, the agency has released a new nationwide landslide susceptibility map that provides a ...

The larger, 6.8-magnitude quake happened at 11:49 a.m. Cuba time about 24 miles south of Bartolomé Masó, Cuba, data from the ...

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

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

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 instrumentation on board the helicopter poses no health risks to people or animals, USGS representatives ...

The instrumentation on board the helicopter poses no health risks to people or animals, USGS ... geology to depths over 1,000 feet below the surface," the statement continued. "The models and maps ...

China’s highest prosecutorial body has charged the former head of the country’s geological survey agency with bribe-taking and leaking state secrets. Zhong Ziran, 62, is accused of using his ...