The USGS publishes a geological map that reveals the underground layers of the U.S. and supports environmental education and ...

Mapping out geology across the U.S. is surprisingly difficult, but the USGS has managed just that, and its map is more ...

In late August, the U.S. Geological Survey quietly released a new tool that could reshape how Americans understand the ground ...

Are we really living in the Anthropocene, the geological time marked by the global impact of human activity? And if so, when did it begin? These are questions that the Anthropocene Working Group is ...

Geologic maps are used to locate natural resources, such as water or oil, or the best place to hunt for fossils, but they can also be eye catching works of art. Sharon Purdy A low-lying topographic ...

Researchers have created a unique map of the moon that reveals the geological make-up of our natural satellite. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the so-called "Unified Geologic ...

A research team led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences has released a new high-resolution geologic map of the Moon. The map includes discoveries made in the last ten years, like an updated chronology ...

For the first time, the entire lunar surface has been completely mapped and uniformly classified. The lunar map, called the 'Unified Geologic Map of the Moon,' will serve as the definitive blueprint ...

Geologic maps are used to locate natural resources, such as water or oil, or the best place to hunt for fossils, but they can also be eye catching works of art. Sharon Purdy A low-lying topographic ...