The first tropical storm of the season is likely to form as early as Wednesday, but it's not our coast and not our season.

South Carolina is home to a lot of alligators. Around 100,000 of them, to be exact. Although it is fewer than in some states, ...

A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey finds that groundwater in Appalachia, the Gulf Coast, and California is ...

Earthquake activity is now being reported in U.S. regions once considered geologically stable, prompting concern from ...

USGS scientists Joshua Woda ... over 100 years old and located near coal seams and residential water wells. A map of locations with vulnerability to groundwater contamination due to orphaned ...

Standard Lithium’s previous two attempts to establish a royalty rate encountered major pushback from the Oil and Gas ...

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In a first, researchers from NASA and Virginia Tech have used satellite data to measure the height and speed of potentially ...

Tropical outlooks are issued every day by the National Hurricane Center starting May 15 through Nov. 30. Predictions released as of May 13 predict an above-normal number of named tropical systems, ...

A recent satellite survey reveals that several major US cities are sinking. Cities like New York, Chicago, and Houston are ...

At the Berkeley Pit, researchers hope to extract valuable metals to increase U.S. production of rare earths used in electric ...

The SWOT satellite is helping scientists size up flood waves on waterways like the Yellowstone River, pictured here in ...