The White House has ordered the closure of 25 USGS water science centers that monitor water levels for flooding and drought.

The flights will image geology as part of a national effort to modernize geological maps in the region. The planes will take ...

The flights, happening across much of New England, will image geology as part of a national effort to modernize the region's ...

The U.S. Geological Survey is planning some low-level flights over parts of New England, including Connecticut, to collect ...

An earthquake of 4.1 magnitude has been reported in Tennessee and was felt in Atlanta, Georgia, and western North Carolina.

An earthquake of 4.1 preliminary magnitude was reported Saturday morning in Tennessee and was felt in Atlanta, Georgia, and western North Carolina, according to the U.S. Geological ...

It would be harder for insurers and scientists to study wildfires, storms and other “billion dollar disasters,” which are ...

Michigan has the highest percentage of water area among U.S. states, at 41.5%. Alaska has the largest total water area, while ...

Geologists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are asking a similar question with respect to the United States, but rather than thinking about where to look for future hydrothermal areas ...

In the Great Lakes region, Michigan was No. 1 for water area at 40,175 square miles, the USGS data show. Water area calculations in the 2010 USGS data included only "perennial" water. All other ...