
A disgraceful cascade of trash follows a rare Yellowstone Ear Spring geyser eruption
While tourists flock from all corners of the globe to witness the Yellowstone National Park geysers such as famous...

Mount Kilauea transforms Hawaii's coastline with the birth of a new island
Mount Kilauea may have disappeared from the news for a while, but it isn't done surprising us yet: the Hawaiian...

Hawaii's Kilauea is creating its own weather
Volcanoes can "make their own weather," according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) — and the Kilauea...

After 250 earthquakes in 24 hours, Hawaii's Kilauea volcano might erupt
Out of the five volcanoes on Hawaii's Big Island, Kilauea is the most active — and it's threatening to erupt....

Wave of earthquakes shake Yellowstone’s supervolcano
Since the start of February, Yellowstone National Park and its supervolcano have been hit with a wave of at least...

Only 25 glaciers remain in Montana's shrinking Glacier National Park
Our warming climate is ravaging the storied glaciers of Montana's Glacier National Park. The United States Geological...

Newly discovered link between two faults could lead to a much bigger San Francisco earthquake
San Francisco is expected to be hit with a 6.7 magnitude or higher earthquake before 2032, according to the US...

USGS warns California earthquake swarm could set off a massive quake any day now
Following a swarm of smaller earthquakes near Bombay Beach in southern California, the United States Geological...

Swarm of more than 100 earthquakes shakes California's Salton Sea
An earthquake swarm of more than 100 tremors shook the region close to the Salton Sea in California on Monday,...

The sun and the moon trigger earthquakes on the San Andreas fault
The same phenomenon that creates ocean tides is responsible for certain small "low-frequency" San Andreas fault...

Humans have caused so many earthquakes that scientists had to update their maps
Those at the United States Geological Survey has noticed such a spike in manmade earthquakes that they had to change...

Fracking suspected in Oklahoma's third strongest earthquake
The third strongest earthquake ever reported in Oklahoma struck Saturday morning. Registering a 5.1 on the Richter...

Death toll climbs after powerful 7.5 earthquake rocks Afghanistan and Pakistan
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan early Monday, sending powerful tremors into Pakistan and...

NASA experts say California's next big earthquake could happen in less than three years
Earlier this year, scientists scared the begeezus out of West coast residents by warning that a huge “mega quake”...

River map shows which way every river in the US flows
Andrew Hill created this mind-blowing map of the rivers of the continental United States, colored according to...