The Latest Breaking News from USGS

The periodic table you may remember from chemistry class had two additional rows of elements below the main table. In the top added row are rare earth elements, metals critical in everyday technologies like cell phones and flat-screen TVs. Their global demand has skyrocketed for use in renewable energy technologies…

The tsunami warning was later changed to an advisory notice shortly after 9am UK time

A government study says nearly half of the tap water in the U_S_ contains potentially harmful compounds known as “forever chemicals.”

The plume generated during the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption in Tonga created the perfect conditions for a "supercharged" lightning storm.

A North Carolina town was hit June 16 by its eight earthquake in just over three weeks, which means there’s an old fault line that’s now active, the U.S. Geological Survey says.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano started erupting last week. Wind around the eruption site could carry volcanic smog and thin glass shards across the Big Island.

Viewing the Martian landscape is now easier than ever before, thanks to a new map archive generated from a treasure trove of data collected by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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Watch live as the Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii's Big Island after a three-month pause.