The Cooperative National Geologic Map offers a complete and detailed look at the bedrock and fault systems of the continental United States. The first geological map of the United States was published ...
Rare earth minerals have become the backbone of modern technology, fueling everything from smartphones and electric vehicles ...
A quiet revolution is unfolding beneath the American West. In 2025, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released a new geological map that doesn’t just update our understanding of where gold lies—it ...
From weather patterns to chemical reactions, what contributes to how the sediment beneath your feet forms is complex and extensive. And if you’ve ever stopped to pick up a cool rock or check out the ...
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 ...
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has released the highest-resolution geological maps of the Moon yet. The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe, which took more than 100 researchers over a decade to ...