A pair of strong earthquakes has struck off the southern coast of Cuba, inflicting damage and causing landslides.

Research reveals that phosphorus is being washed from U.S. soils into rivers, driven by climate change and agricultural ...

Think twice before stepping on that crunchy top layer of soil. It may be a vital ecosystem — one that you can help protect.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Phosphorus, a nutrient in soil essential for sustaining most forms of life, is increasingly disappearing from land as it is ...

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake struck off the country's eastern coast. The USGS said the ...

A new Gold Rush is taking shape on a quiet stretch of Kansas prairie. There, a clutch of startups backed by the likes of Bill Gates are searching below the surface for naturally occurring hydrogen, a ...

The magnetic North Pole is the direction that a compass needle points, and it is not a fixed location; it changes due to ...

There is no economically or environmentally feasible way to lower Bitter Lake, which is one of the three closed basins in the ...

At least two New Orleans agencies tested parametric insurance policies during Hurricane Francine – with mixed results.

Ciscomani said the absence of minerals such as copper, silicon, and fluorine from the Geological Survey's list, although they are on Energy's list, was "confusing to mineral producers and makes it ...

But the resource is in short supply globally and especially in the United States. A release this week from the U.S. Geological Survey suggests the U.S. might have all the lithium it needs in ancient ...

Ash and smoke were flung some 3,900 feet into the air after Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted on Wednesday.