A minor, 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck in the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday, followed by a larger 4.2 magnitude ...

In the Pacific Northwest, big faults like the Cascadian subduction zone located offshore, get a lot of attention. But big ...

San Ramon, Calif., has been rattled by dozens of small earthquakes in recent months. Even in a region used to regular shaking, it’s been a lot.

Geological conditions can change rapidly over short distances, bringing new behaviours and risks. When those conditions are not fully understood, the consequences are unpredictable, from cost overruns ...

Every year at Grand Canyon National Park, millions of visitors from all over the world stop at one of a dozen water spigots. Most people are on a rim, seeing the canyon's majesty for the first time, ...

There were 35 confirmed earthquakes in the Palmetto State in 2025, according to the South Carolina Department of Natural ...

According to the report, 2025 was the second driest year in Hawaiʻi’s 106-year record, with statewide rainfall averaging just 42 inches—about 20 inches below the 30-year average.

Guyana and Venezuela, sitting atop the same oil basin, illustrate how institutions and policy - not geology - determine ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped Antarctica’sburied landscape in high resolution beneath the continent’s thick ice ...

The Department of Earth and Climate Sciences added two new classes to their department this year. Professor Noel Heim began teaching Geology of National Parks in the fall of 2025 and Professor and ECS ...

The weathered gems along the two-lane stretch that runs north from Baker toward the Nevada border.

New seismic imaging shows magma lingering beneath quiet Cascade volcanoes, shaping how scientists monitor and plan for eruptions.