The map is an update to a version released ... include a chance for greater shaking in California and Alaska, according to the USGS. The new model also shows the possibility of more damaging ...

Landsat satellites have gone beyond observing Earth’s land by enabling new methods to measure ocean depth in shallow coastal ...

NASA and ISRO's NISAR satellite aims to revolutionize our understanding of Earth's surface movements with frequent global ...

Deadly landslides are increasing around the world, but in parts of Alaska, maps of the hazards remain ... affected residents say they rarely use the geological definition of the event when ...

The latest version of the U.S. Geological ... not include Hawaii and Alaska, the new one covers all 50 states. The model ...

Satellite data has enabled researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to develop a new way to measure ocean depth. The technique, which uses imagery captured by the Landsat program, works ...

high-resolution national elevation data from the USGS 3D Elevation Program, and advanced computing to build a comprehensive landslide susceptibility model. The resulting map of the contiguous U.S., ...

In a way, Alaska existed in the Russian imagination long before it had a place on the Russian map. Russian fur hunters ... He worked for the U.S. Geological Survey as a paleontologist, and during ...

(Rachel Loehman/USGS Alaska Science Center) In a sprawling rural district that is the Alaska region with the highest poverty level, a freshman legislator from the population hub is defending his ...

Graduate studies in the Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences focus ... methods of employing satellite observations and ground-based geophysics to map targets for groundwater, ...

But in parts of Alaska, maps of the hazards remain controversial ... affected residents say they rarely use the geological definition of the event when applying for coverage, but they’re ...