The Imperial Valley has been recognized as one of the most unique places for geological study. It may not seem like much to ...

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

From petrified forests to a fiery crater burning for 50+ years, these eight geological phenomena reveal Earth's mysterious forces.

Additional tags to hunt and harvest deer were announced after a fatal disease was confirmed in parts of south-central and ...

Many people in the U.S. may be drinking water with "forever chemicals" in it, according to a  U.S Geological Survey ...

More than two hundred years ago, a man called William Smith did something extraordinary. He became the first person to map the geology of an entire nation. Not only was this scientifically significant ...

Imagine that a massive ice sheet covered Canada and oozed down over a large part of the northern United States, like icing ...

Open Monday-Saturday 10 am- 4 pm, Closed Holidays 2024/2025 Thanksgiving and Winter Holiday closures and reduced hours schedule below. Samuel H. "Doc" Knight, the legendary Wyoming geologist, was an ...

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

According to estimates from a new USGS predictive model, exposure to certain PFAS chemicals may pose health risks. An ...

Dr. Ben Mirus and Dr. Francis Rengers with the U.S. Geological Survey have been using laser scans and GPS cameras, accurate down to one inch, to map out landslides caused by Helene. They hope ...

Work with expert faculty on cutting-edge research in one of the most geologically interesting landscapes in the U.S. The Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering offers research-oriented M.S.