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This EarthWord is straight up steampunk...

Which sounds more dangerous, lava or mud? The answer may surprise you...

It’s not just something you run into on a golf course-it’s this week’s EarthWord!

Early on the morning of August 24, 2014, Loren Turner was awoken by clattering window blinds, a moving bed, and the sound of water splashing out of...

A new set of high-resolution geologic maps reveal complex geologic processes that suggest a dynamic, wet environment once existed on early Mars...

No one wants to have an active volcano in their backyard (just ask Dionisio Pulido), but ancient eroded volcanoes can sometimes be literal goldmines...

A new U.S. Geological Survey study has discovered high levels of radon in wells across certain areas of Pennsylvania.

Gary Moore spent the last three days of 2015 stacking hefty bags of sand in front of a fellow church member’s brick home. With only 1,000 feet between...

Despite two centuries of scientific study, basic questions persist about geysers—why do they exist? What determines their behavior?

The warming climate has dramatically reduced the size of 39 glaciers in Montana since 1966, some by as much as 85 percent, according to data released...