Geologists can use cosmic rays from outer space to piece together the timing of past geologic events, like volcanic eruptions ...

Are you prepared if an earthquake were to shake western Washington? That's the focus of the Great Washington ShakeOut Thursday.

No real business or government agency will ever tell you to buy a gift card to pay them. Here’s how to spot and avoid gift ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Richard Moore never meant to kill anyone the night he robbed a South Carolina convenience store and the Black man was convicted by a jury with no African Americans, his son and ...

At the end of the day Friday, the food and water distribution sites at North Windy Ridge Intermediate School and Estes ...

Whitewater rafting crews in Tennessee and North Carolina have spent recent weeks pivoting from recreation to emergency ...

But how do you store more sustainable, but otherwise ephemeral ... according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 68.8% of the world's reserves of sodium carbonate (soda ash) and 14.5% of the world's ...

Feel a rumble on the Oregon Coast? That’s because a Magnitude 5 earthquake hit early Friday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey.

It’s been nine years since the death of 23-year-old Dion Matthews Jr. became an unsolved murder, and the Portland Police Bureau and Crime Stoppers of Oregon are still asking the public for information ...

Millions of Californians are preparing to participate in the Great ShakeOut to practice what to do during an earthquake.

An Alaska Volcano Observatory scientist said that “there are no indications an eruption is imminent” at Mount Spurr, which is ...

Mercury is a dangerous pollutant that accumulates in the bodies of animals. It can fall to the ground in raindrops or snowflakes, or, in vapor form, stick to leaves that shower to the earth in autumn.