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The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and sponsors, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), in collaboration with the...

Updated US Topo maps for Kentucky available for free download; add Census Bureau road data, wetlands layer and select trails.

Fighting Drought with Fire

A new computer model allows water managers to better manage water distribution. 

New U.S. Geological Survey-led research suggests that even though amphibians are severely declining worldwide, there is no smoking gun – and thus no...

CARSON CITY, Nev. — Are you interested in learning more about the groundwater and surface water systems of Snake Valley in eastern Nevada? Please join...

The USGS citizen science project, The National Map Corps, has reached another major milestone. Just over a year after reaching 100,000 “points”...

Mountains on Io, Jupiter’s volcanic moon, are formed by a unique geologic mechanism not found elsewhere in the solar system, according to a new study...

Just as loose lips sink ships, loose soils can create this week’s EarthWord...

This week’s EarthView is of the Fort McMurray wildfire again, this time showing the extent of the wildfire...