Essentially, gas pistoning is a shallow, degassing-driven rise and fall of a lava surface. Often these pistons occur in ...

Satellite images illustrate how water levels in Lake Mead have fallen in the past 25 years. Lake Mead supplies vital water to millions in Nevada, Arizona, California, and parts of Mexico. However, ...

The number and size of Texas quakes increased dramatically around 2010 when well injection became the common disposal method.

Vital research into threats to the Chesapeake Bay from invasive blue catfish, PFAS contamination, climate change and land use ...

Of the yet-to-be-discovered oil on U.S. federal lands, about half is believed to be in Alaska, according to the new estimate.

The Trump administration’s proposed budget bill would cut funding to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) by nearly 40%, ...

A mild earthquake rumbled parts of the CSRA late Saturday morning. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), a ...

The Trump administration wants to strip funding for two U.S. Geological Survey labs in Flagstaff that research the Colorado ...

USGS says the earthquake occurred roughly five miles north of Parksville, S.C., but could be felt in parts of Georgia, too.

A 1.4-magnitude earthquake was detected in the Lakes Region Thursday night, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The U.S. Department of the Interior reversed the decision to terminate the lease for the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) Water Science Center in Norcross, Georgia, according to a release from ...