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For more than two decades, researchers, geologists, and investors had no idea they were standing above tremendous wealth. Thousands of feet deep...

Meet USGS' newest laboratory!

The USGS National Minerals Information Center tracks how much the United States relies on other countries for minerals critical to the economy and...

Managing 72 million acres of Federal lands in Alaska is not easy, especially when the land’s many uses need to be balanced. There are several...

Although no one can reliably predict earthquakes, today’s technology is advanced enough to rapidly detect seismic waves as an earthquake begins...

Earlier this year, Apple’s iPhone celebrated the 10th anniversary of its introduction to the world, an event that fueled a transformation within the...

On an ordinary Tuesday in 2014, David Pineault, an economist at the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), reviewed his specialized reports and came to a...

Desert communities throughout the Southwest are putting water availability at the top of their municipal agendas.

Hours before Japan was struck by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and the ensuing catastrophic tsunami, John Schelling spoke at a public meeting in the...

The Colorado River system provides about 35 million Americans with a portion of their water supply. It irrigates 5½ million acres of land in the West...