Interior Secretary Doug Burgum touted a plan for mapping deposits of oil, gas and critical minerals on US federal lands, casting it as an opportunity to catalyze development of the energy resources, ...

West Coast wildfires have far-reaching impacts, disrupting lives across the country in unexpected ways. Number 4 will leave ...

A new map of Africa that uses strontium could help descendants of the transatlantic slave trade to finally trace their roots ...

The Earth's Crust Is Going through Massive Changes Under California at an Alarming Rate The crust of Earth constantly changes ...

Millions of Americans are in the path of a storm that is hitting parts of Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia the hardest, with ...

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake struck at 6:30 a.m. The epicenter was said to be 11 kilometers (about 6.8 ...

A powerful, atmospheric river-driven storm is hitting California today, bringing with it heavy rain, strong winds and feet of Sierra snow. The storm, which prompted a lengthy flood advisory for San ...

Did you feel it? Multiple earthquakes shook the Bay Area Thursday. They were recorded near Hayward, the USGS reported.

The rain has intensified in California, where an atmospheric river brought heavy downpours, winds and flooding to areas ...

Mudslides are dangerous torrents that are usually referred to by geologists and first responders as debris flows. They have been particularly lethal in parts of California where landscape, ...

NASA scientists used satellite measurements to map out local subsidence and uplift across the Golden State, which plays into ...

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