German soldiers never set foot on the speck of land at the far end of the Aleutian Islands during World War II, but the name ...

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County health departments routinely collect water samples to test for bacteria levels to ensure water is safe for swimming.

ANNAPOLIS — The Chesapeake Bay Program recently announced an update to its High-Resolution Land Use/Land Cover Data and ...

Cobblestones still cover about 100 blocks of Seattle's hilly streets. Their endurance tells us a story of the city's growth.

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Any long-time residents of the Sunshine State are likely all too familiar with sinkholes. But this section of the state sees ...

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"The discovery emphasizes the dynamic nature of Yellowstone's thermal activity," Yellowstone Volcano Observatory's Mike ...

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Scientists reconstructed 540 million years of sea level changes, showing Earth's oceans rose and fell by hundreds of feet ...

In a dramatic new discovery, scientists have identified over 15,000 kilometers of ancient riverbeds on Mars, revealing that ...