A pair of shockwaves were felt across Texas as two towns were struck with earthquakes at 3.9 and 4.7 magnitudes.

Layers of volcanic rock in Eastern Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin have created fertile soil for farming and ranching, but in the future it could provide fruitful ground for a who ...

PLEASANTON, Texas – For the second time in less than a week, an earthquake has rattled Atascosa County. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), a 3.9-magnitude earthquake was reported ...

Residents in Stamford had also reported "booms" on Friday, but the USGS has not confirmed that Friday's incident was an earthquake.

Last week, the California Coastal Commission signed off on a massive $175-million seawall project at the south end of San Francisco’s Ocean Beach. City planners and officials say the Ocean Beach ...

The last time earthquake activity was felt widely in Massachusetts was in April, when a 4.8 magnitude earthquake centered in ...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said a small earthquake happened in Stamford on Monday morning. The 1.3 magnitude quake ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Phosphorus, a nutrient in soil essential for sustaining most forms of life, is increasingly disappearing from land as it is ...

Other authors are Hubert Baniecki of University of Warsaw in Poland and Gary Shenk of the United States Geological Survey.

Research reveals that phosphorus is being washed from U.S. soils into rivers, driven by climate change and agricultural practices. This leads to ecological disruptions and poses challenges to food ...