Gypsum dune fields at White Sands National Monument within the Chihuahuan Desert and the Tularosa Basin near Alamogordo, New ...

A walk through the Charlotte library in recent weeks may have had you stepping back in time.

Users can now view a new historic map of Goochland County, which provides people the chance to see county maps from as early ...

As of 5 p.m. on April 4, 101 areas were experiencing flooding, with two creeks ranked as “above major flood stage." ...

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.7 centred in the Sagaing region near the Myanmar city of Mandalay caused extensive ...

The Antiquities Act of 1906 gave Congress or the president the authority to establish national monuments on federal land as a means of protecting areas for ecological, cultural, historical, or ...

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"If we are to assess the consequences of our actions as a species to the biosphere we inhabit, understanding the geological history of our presence is necessary. That is why historical records of ...

The US is contemplating ending its role as Supreme Allied Commander Europe in NATO, a position held for 75 years. This is part of broader cost-saving measures, including consolidating commands and ...

Geology is broadly the study of the Earth and other planets, moons, and smaller planetary bodies. Fields of geology range from the initial formation and differentiation of the Earth to modern ...

SOON after the occupation of Egypt by a British military force in 1882, the late Prof. Huxley, then president of the Royal Society, directed attention to the valuable opportunity that was afforded ...

Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society The Western Reserve was a “very important” vessel in its time, according to the society. It was one of the first all-steel ships to sail the Great ...