Experts just found a 3D map that was carved into quartz sandstone likely 13,000 years ago. Located within the famed Segognole ...

Hubbard, who first joined the USGS as a postdoc, is part of the agency’s Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI).

I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our ...

A new map of climate conditions during the Pliocene epoch—the last time Earth’s carbon dioxide concentrations hit 400 parts ...

The work was found in a rock shelter located to the south of Paris, France, that features prehistoric engravings ...

Below Mount Jefferson and McKenzie Pass is a massive storehouse of water three times the size of Lake Mead, say Oregon researchers.

Yellowstone National Park is a popular destination for geology field trips. It’s easy to see why—the dynamic landscape ...

Night - Mostly cloudy with a 47% chance of precipitation. Winds WSW at 7 mph (11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 32 °F (0 °C). Cloudy with a high of 42 °F (5.6 °C) and a 57% chance of ...

Under the Sierra Nevada in California, scientists have observed a rare phenomenon that sheds light on the dynamics of the ...

U.S. Forest Service geologist Gordon Grant calls it a “geologic gift.” University of Oregon earth scientist Leif Karlstrom described it as “a big water tower” at the top of the mountains.