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How much of the Nation is susceptible to sinkholes (i.e., underlain by rock that dissolves easily)?

TECHNICAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Monitoring, verification and accounting are key parts to demonstrating the feasibility or success of integrated carbon capture...

It’s not just teens that like to rebel; sometimes it’s rock layers like this EarthWord!

Landsat 8 shows the progression of one of the biggest wildfire in California yet this year...

Advancing the international exchange of Earth data

New research from the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Colorado shows actions taken by drillers and regulators can lessen risk in the case...

In celebration of the National Park Service Centennial, 1916-2016

Calvin Meyer, of the USGS National Geospatial Technical Operations Center, receives Interior Department‘s Customer Service Award

American pikas – small herbivores that typically live in rocky slopes, known as talus, across many mountain ranges in the American West – are...