Hubbard, who first joined the USGS as a postdoc, is part of the agency’s Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI).

Not long ago I was skim coating hundreds of square feet of new drywall in my son’ s basement. I added water to the thick ...

The Palos Verdes Peninsula is sliding by much as 4 inches (10 centimeters) per week, putting hundreds of buildings at risk.

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory spearheads Volcano Awareness Month each January on the Island of Hawaii. This year, in ...

To visit Mauritania's Rainbow Mountains, you need to secure a visa in advance through a Mauritanian embassy. The best time to visit is between November and February when temperatures are cooler.

A variety of new technologies aim to improve wildfire detection and help map the spread of blazes Embers from the Eaton Fire ...

Welcome to Medicine Rocks State Park, a hidden gem that’s about to rock your world. Nestled in the southeastern corner of ...

Welcome to Bear Butte State Park, South Dakota’s best-kept secret. Nestled just northeast of Sturgis, Bear Butte State Park is a hidden gem that’s been flying under the radar for far too long. This ...

Check out these awesome day trips from Anchorage, Alaska! They'll give you a great taste of The Last Frontier without the ...

My wife and I enjoy hiking off trail and for our bushwhacking adventures, we use a paper topographic map, a compass and a handheld GPSR.

Scientists have produced the first remote sensing analysis of how water clouded by sediment in glacier meltwater moves on the ...

The deepest regions of Earth's oceans, known as the abyssal and hadal zones, lie at least as far under the water's surface as ...