USGS has unveiled its most detailed national geologic map, giving the public a free, interactive way to explore underground ...

You know those hotel maps that tell you how to leave in case of a fire? The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) just released similar ones for tsunami evacuation routes. Except ...

Eastern Washington residents may know Sun Lakes — Dry Falls State Park as a hidden treasure, but now the rest of the world is also getting a heads up. The International Union of Geological Science, ...

The U.S Geological Survey plans low-altitude flights in November over eastern Maine from the Downeast coast up into northern ...

On a map, the Channeled Scablands look like a couple of melting gray jellyfish draped across Eastern Washington. The jellyfish have fat and skinny tentacles that flow southwest from Spokane, wrapping ...

Geologic maps are used to locate natural resources, such as water or oil, or the best place to hunt for fossils, but they can also be eye catching works of art. Sharon Purdy A low-lying topographic ...

Geologic maps don’t make headlines. You probably haven’t seen one unless you work in energy, construction, or science. Yet, over the past century, these documents have quietly shaped the way we build, ...

Earthquakes are a natural hazard — except when they're man-made. The oil and gas industry has aggressively adopted the technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to shatter subsurface shale ...