A U.S. Geological Survey effort to find underground deposits of clean energy metals has gotten bipartisan support.

Where do meteorites of different types come from? In a review paper in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, ...

Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...

Geologic map of the asteroid belt. Circles identify the asteroid families from which our meteorites originate and letters mark the corresponding meteorite type. The horizontal axis ranges from short ...

A moderately strong, 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck in Ethiopia on Sunday, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The risk of flooding from a major tsunami may be greater than many realized along California’s coastline, state officials ...

In a worst-case tsunami, parts of Alameda, Oakland and Berkeley could be flooded up to an 18-foot elevation, California officials said in new study.

The most recent risk assessment, outlined in maps published by the California Geological Survey, illustrate the devastation ...

Interactive map from the California Geological Survey shows the destruction potential of a tsunami wave in the Golden State.

Low-level helicopter flights are planned over areas of Upper Michigan and northern Wisconsin to image geology using airborne ...