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The number of major floods in natural rivers across Europe and North America has not increased overall during the past 80 years, a recent study has...

One hundred small streams in the Midwest were tested for pesticides during the 2013 growing season and found to contain, on average, 52 pesticides per...

After the next significant earthquake, many sources will be disseminating information from a variety of accounts, tools and services.

The cold-loving fungus (Pseudogymnoascus destructans, or Pd) that causes white-nose syndrome, a disease that has killed millions of North American...

Subsurface magma intrusions (sills), rather than surface lava flows, may have triggered the Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event approximately...

Earlier this month, the USGS launched “TopoView 2.1”, an enhancement to the current popular TopoView mapping service that lets users discover...

A tabletop water filter demo designed to remove phosphorus from waste water has in five-years grown into a fully functional water treatment system...

A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey and its partners has identified situations and conditions where some animals display behavioral flexibility...

Lack of Major Hurricanes Since 2008 Is Likely the Main Reason