While the wet weather may bring an end to a devastating run of wildfires in the state, it could also cause flooding and other hazards.

Using the newly developed method, researchers extracted crevasses from digital elevation models of the ice sheet surface. The maps show how crevasse changed between 2016 and 2021 over glaciers at the ...

A recent U.S. Geological Survey study projects that rising sea levels and stronger, more intense storms will exacerbate four specific coastal hazards and associated management challenges for Cape ...

New research uncovers a surprising clue in earthquake forecasting: tiny curved scratches on fault planes. These marks reveal ...

Below Mount Jefferson and McKenzie Pass is a massive storehouse of water three times the size of Lake Mead, say Oregon ...

Hubbard, who first joined the USGS as a postdoc, is part of the agency’s Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI).

The California fires, which started Jan. 7, have already burned more than 50,000 acres in Los Angeles, San Diego, and ...

Jan. 26, 2025, marks 325 years since the last great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone. It’s a time to reflect on what we’ve learned about this largest fault system in the lower 48 states ...

The lack of wind allowed the eruption plume, and all the particles in it, to spread out to the north dropping Pele’s hair ...

N​early 75% of the country is at risk for a potentially damaging earthquake, according to a recently updated USGS map.

As wildfires burn the landscape, they prime slopes for debris flows: powerful torrents of rock, mud and water that sweep downhill with deadly momentum.

Oregon scientists are hoping to help the coastal communities survive a major inundation in various ways. One of those is ...