A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey finds that groundwater in Appalachia, the Gulf Coast, and California is ...

And it’s on a mission: to improve maps. Outfitted with an elongated “boom” and cruising at altitudes as low as 300 feet above the ground, the U.S. Geological Survey is raising awareness ...

A new USGS study reveals that more than half of the nation’s documented orphan wells lie within aquifers supplying the vast ...

Chicago's eastern boundary is formed by Lake Michigan, and the city is divided by the Chicago River into three geographic sections: the North Side, the South Side and the West Side. These sections ...

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA (WLOS) — The United States Geological Survey reports that aftershocks are a possibility following a 4.1-magnitude earthquake that happened on the morning of May 10.

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