A series of rocks hiding around Colorado's Rocky Mountains may hold clues to a frigid period in Earth's past when glaciers several miles thick covered the entire planet.

Researchers have discovered strong evidence from rocks in Colorado that Earth was covered in ice and snow around 700 million years ago, a period known as 'Snowball Earth'. The study, led by the ...

But to find that complexity, we must take the lessons of the boring billion to heart. Planets are not just a stage on which ...

A social media video claims to show footage taken as an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Oregon’s coast — but on closer inspection, no one in the video seems to be affected by the temblor except the ...

A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey found that more than 20% of the nation’s population relies on water sources that ...

A sinister fungus is spreading through California's bat populations, threatening their survival just as the spooky season ...

A project in California's Salton Sea started construction ... depends on whether the direct extraction techniques are viable, ...

The legal process playing out surrounding lithium mining in California comes as a recent analysis by the U.S. Geological ...

USGS national estimates of the probability for PFAS in groundwater at the depth of private drinking water supply. Source: USGS Estimates according to a new USGS predictive model. Exposure to some PFAS ...