Alaska Tsunami Researcher Urges Education and Preparedness If you’re enjoying a lovely day on the beach, there’s something you should do if the ground shakes, the water... Read More
Road to Recovery Long After Devastating California Wildfire A real estate agent waits to rebuild her home on the same lot she fled in September, mourning the animals... Read More
Cleanup Plan Approved for Contaminated Montana Town The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted final approval Monday to a costly cleanup program for a Montana community where health... Read More
New Research Links Some California Quakes to Oil Operations A 2005 spate of quakes in California’s Central Valley almost certainly was triggered by oilfield injection underground, a study published... Read More
Southwest Seeing Fewer Wet Weather Systems The southwestern United States has already begun a long-predicted shift into a decidedly drier climate, a new study looking at... Read More
Colorado Gold Mine Spill Dumped 880,000 Pounds of Metals in River A 3 million-gallon spill from a southwestern Colorado gold mine last year may have dumped more than 880,000 pounds of... Read More
Woody Harrelson Applies for Hawaii Medical Marijuana Dispensary Actor and marijuana advocate Woody Harrelson was one of nearly 60 applicants to apply to open one of Hawaii’s first... Read More
California Hospital Workers’ Comp Benchmarking Report Workers’ compensation claim severity continues to increase, while claims frequency declines, according the latest California hospital report benchmarking workers’ comp... Read More
Slow Creep Along Thrust Faults May Help Researchers Forecast Megaquakes In Japan and areas like the Pacific Northwest where megathrust earthquakes are common, scientists may be able to better forecast... Read More
Underwater Landslides Caused Destructive 1964 Alaska Tsunami Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey have solved a 50-year natural science mystery: the undersea source of tsunami waves that... Read More