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For the first time, high-resolution images show the three-dimensional structure of massive ice deposits on Mars. According to an in-depth analysis led...

The Department of the Interior has announced petroleum assessments from the 

Oxygen levels, dissolved minerals among factors responsible for high concentrations of radium in untreated water from aquifer that underlies six...

Some avian influenza, or bird flu, viruses that are able to enter North America from other continents through migrating birds can be deadly to poultry...

In the underground rivers and flooded caves of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, where Mayan lore described a fantastical underworld, scientists have found...

Dark features previously proposed as evidence for significant liquid water flowing on Mars have now been identified as granular flows, where sand and...

Two awardees have been presented with the 2017 William T. Pecora Award for achievements in Earth remote sensing. 

Estimates of Potential Uranium in the Southern High Plains Could Equal Just Under One Year of U.S. Needs.

A new tool that gives users the most detailed view yet of the world’s mountains is now available from the USGS. And it’s as close as your computer or...

An international team of scientists just finished probing the depths of the Pacific Ocean offshore of Alaska and British Columbia, to better...