The U.S. Geological Survey has released a map of coastal Louisiana marshes, listing more than 956,000 acres of fresh marsh and nearly 730,000 acres of saltwater marsh.

A section of the Mississippi Delta on September 3, just five days after Hurricane Ida. Image: Joshua Stevens/Landsat/U.S. Geological Survey Satellite images of Louisiana taken before and after ...

Louisiana is poised to become a hub for carbon capture sequestration technology, but some environmentalists and residents question if that's such a good thing.

While Louisiana’s rocks are less susceptible to earthquakes, the state has many geological faults that could become active and move if injected with fluids like high-pressure carbon dioxide.

NEW ORLEANS, April 2 -- Add one more possible threat to Louisiana's rebuilding: active geologic faults that are causing levees, flood walls, bridges, homes and other structures to sink.

On a Geological Survey map of Louisiana, the coastline is a sea of red dots, each representative of oil and gas infrastructure. And that exact area, LaFleur said, is experiencing land loss like ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule on Friday in a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral map that raised the number of Black-majority congressional districts in ...

LARAMIE — The Wyoming State Geological Survey (WSGS) recently published updated geological maps of the Rawlins and Red Desert Basin quadrangles, providing critical new insights into the geology ...

As of last Thursday—the most recent update to the map—30 percent of the state suffered from exceptional drought, the most severe drought marker by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Charles "Chip" Groat, founder and former head of the Water Institute of the Gulf, has been named acting director of the Louisiana Geological Survey and will also serve as a ...

A geologist's vibrant maps reveal how the Mississippi River has wandered across its valley, making it look like a colorful, ...

And as each channel gets wider and wider, more land is lost.” On a Geological Survey map of Louisiana, the coastline is a sea of red dots, each representative of oil and gas infrastructure.