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Cartographers like Dan Coe battle the notion that everything on the planet has already been mapped. "The world is always ...
Because scientists don’t know when that day will arrive, they prepare by trying to better understand the geological state ... of the fault off the coast of Washington, where the fault is flat ...
The Columbia River is critical for fish, energy, commerce and identity. But it faces an uncertain future. How much more can ...
FORKS, Wash. - A shallow magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck near Forks, Washington, on Sunday. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake hit at around 3:02 p.m., about five miles ...
The 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption began with a steady series of earthquakes in March. By April it began spewing smoke, ...
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 ... Center outside Washington, D.C ...
The map is a fascinating representation of the protection geography and meteorology gives the millions of people who live in the mid-Atlantic region — especially in the Washington DC area.