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

Landsat satellites have gone beyond observing Earth’s land by enabling new methods to measure ocean depth in shallow coastal ...

Satellite data has enabled researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to develop a new way to measure ocean depth. The technique, which uses imagery captured by the Landsat program, works ...

In 2017, groundbreaking research by GNS scientists confirmed that Te Riu-a-Māui / Zealandia is indeed Earth's hidden eighth ...

New evidence collected by China's Zhurong rover makes a compelling case for the existence of ancient oceans on Mars.

Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in ...

Efforts to map groundwater, expand research and analyze water data are getting an injection with state and federal grants. The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology announced Tuesday its New ...

Most of us by now have read or seen the governor’s news conference regarding the purchase by the Guam Housing and Urban ...

Geological mapping and drill hole logging indicate a complex geological history. The recognition of the cross-cutting ...

The technical information in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Jill Maxwell, P.Geo, Cassiar Gold Corp.’s VP Exploration, who is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument ...

A helicopter dangling a massive, hula hoop-shaped sensor will soon be carrying out low-level flights above the High Desert as part of a USGS survey.

The money will be used to purchase a new electron microprobe, geologic mapping, groundwater monitoring and water data application development, according to a news release announcing the grants.