Science Snippets

On average, how much are landslides estimated to cost the nation per year?

Which U.S. State or territory has more large earthquakes than the rest of the United States combined?

How many potentially active volcanoes are there in the United States?

After a wildfire is extinguished, which secondary effects can occur?

Today’s high-end electronics increasingly rely on mineral commodities...and research into those mineral commodities is increasingly using high-end...

Our image of the week is of Ethiopia’s erupting Gateway to Hell.

Today, Landsat shows us the evolution of the coal industry near North America & North Dakota’s Center...

No one wants to have an active volcano in their backyard (just ask Dionisio Pulido), but ancient eroded volcanoes can sometimes be literal goldmines...

The National Map Corps is requesting volunteer assistance to verify Post Office information in Illinois

Everything happens at a place, the place matters, and the USGS has the science of place.