From about 300-200 million years ago (late Paleozoic Era until the very late Triassic), the continent we now know as North America was contiguous with Africa, South America, and Europe. They all ...

Summary: The Halema'uma'u eruption of Kīlauea is currently paused after episode 55 fountaining ended on October 17. Summit reinflation continues today and the forecast for episode 56 fountaining is ...

The atmosphere is the superhighway in the sky that moves water everywhere over the Earth. Water at the Earth's surface evaporates into water vapor, then rises up into the sky to become part of a cloud ...

The U.S. Geological Survey released an assessment estimating 96 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable, undiscovered natural gas resources on Alaska’s North Slope.

RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological Survey released its assessment of potential for undiscovered gas and oil in the Haynesville Formation underlying the onshore Gulf of America and adjoining state ...

Low-level helicopter flights will begin in October over eastern Oregon to image geology using airborne geophysical technology.

A meander is another name for a bend in a river. For this Find-A-Feature challenge, we challenge you to look around you for examples of a meander.

This reference map depicts the Kīlauea summit eruption within Halema‘uma‘u crater that began on December 23, 2024. Most of the data for this map were collected during a USGS Hawaiian Volcano ...

A little-known piñon from the Mogollon Highlands: Natural history of Pinus x fallax in the Prescott National Forest, Arizona, USA A little-known piñon from the Mogollon Highlands: Natural history of ...

Geophysical insights into Kīlauea’s eruptive reawakening after its 2018 eruption and caldera collapse Geophysical insights into Kīlauea’s eruptive reawakening after its 2018 eruption and caldera ...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in 37 US states and five Canadian provinces in free-ranging cervids and/or captive cervid facilities.

Geochemical, mineralogical, and isotopic evidence for multi-stage genesis of the Hicks Dome REE + Y-HFSE-fluorite deposit, Illinois, USA Geochemical, mineralogical, and isotopic evidence for ...