Geologic mapping has been one of the most fundamental mandates of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since its establishment ...

Scientists tracking Earth's magnetic pole have recently spotted it heading toward Siberia. Where it will end up, no one knows ...

The near-complete database reflects a spirit of trust and collaboration among the country’s scientific community — but will ...

The Arab Muslim victory at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah paved the way for the Islamic conquest of Mesopotamia and Persia.

NASA and ISRO's NISAR satellite aims to revolutionize our understanding of Earth's surface movements with frequent global ...

Even from space, you wouldn’t detect something important about Earth’s shape: It’s not perfectly round. It’s actually a ...

São Sebastião, a municipality on the coast of São Paulo state in Brazil that was partially cut off from the rest of the ...

University of Maryland researchers have found intriguing new evidence of ancient seafloor deep beneath the Earth's surface.

Scientists have detected unexpected activity in the high Arctic as the magnetic North Pole heads towards Russia in a way that ...

In the early 2000s, the North Magnetic Pole increased its speed to 55 kilometers per year, but over the past five years, it ...

But heavy rains and destructive winds weren’t the only natural disasters out in force: The hurricane also activated nearly ...