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A new U.S. Geological Survey coastal change forecast predicts sandy beaches and dunes in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina are likely to see...

A new infographic summarizes great Alaska earthquakes and their related history for generating dangerous Pacific tsunamis.

Classifying imagery based on identifiable pixels—labeling pixels of a certain color “water” and others as “land”, for example—is known as image...

Ten years have passed since Hurricane Sandy ravaged the eastern seaboard, damaging 200,000 homes, cutting power to 8 million residents and causing...

A team of researchers has analyzed fossil evidence around the world and found that globalization—the massive expansion of worldwide trade and commerce...

Get ready to shake it like it’s real! ShakeOut 2022: Drop (or Lock), Cover, and Hold On!

To better understand the geophysical characteristics and seismic history of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, USGS researchers conduct fieldwork at sea to...

As Hurricane Ian approached the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and then the southeast Atlantic coast, the USGS Coastal Change Hazards team produced a series of...

The Earth is a very dynamic and powerful place where natural hazards can quickly become disasters that threaten society. The USGS monitors and studies...