Rare earths are among the most critical raw materials on the planet, deeply embedded in the technologies that underpin modern ...

An early morning 3.6-magnitude earthquake woke parts of Northern California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The ...

Dashcam footage recorded from a highway in Anderson, South Carolina, showed a bright object with a tail streaking through the ...

Nearly two dozen state geological surveys depend heavily on federal funds. A proposed budget cut could slow or stop key ...

Shasta County and Redding Residents woke up shortly before 4 a.m. Friday morning to a 3.7 Magnitude earthquake, according to ...

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Local scientists warn that the proposed federal cuts to the United States Geological Survey’s Ecosystem Mission Area — a ...

The journal Science has published a paper by Jen Pierce, a professor in the Department of Geosciences, and 19 co-authors from ...

Hope is on the horizon for test wells to assess what neighbors in two communities have insisted is interfering with the ...

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is erupting again in spectacular fashion, sending lava shooting 1,000 feet into the sky, according to the United States Geological Survey.

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake happened Thursday afternoon about 1.24 miles south--southeast of Madison in Lake County.

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off the Dominican Republic coast on Monday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.