Nowhere is truly ‘safe’ from fallout and other consequences like contamination of food and water supplies and prolonged radiation exposure.” That is the assessment of John Erath, the Senior Policy ...

From coastlines to heartland, new research suggests the very geography of the United States could be dramatically altered by ...

The map reveals a surprising truth about New England: this region ... the map for USA TODAY and agreed that the mid-Atlantic is unusually protected due to a combination of geography and meteorology.

Recently, the Mountain Hydrology Group released its fifth near-real-time report on snow-water equivalent (SWE) in the Western US ... Geography Professor and INSTAAR faculty fellow Noah Molotch, has ...

A hardiness zone is a geographic area with a ... were most recently updated in 2023. The maps below show these planting regions. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

The most populous states — California, Texas and Florida — dominate the map ... rural regions lean another, then the gap between population-based representation and geographic-based influence ...

The United States and Google and Apple ... In the U.S., the U.S. Board on Geographic Names determines what places go on government maps. It uses local names and often uses one preferred by ...

(Some might argue that the Gulf Coast should be its own region, but—while it’s certainly an ecoregion—we’ve rarely heard it referred to as a contiguous geographic region, and we thus chose ...

Google Maps will change the name of “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of America” once it is officially updated in the US Geographic Names ... on an early map of the region. Reached for comment ...

Earlier this month, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum quipped that the US should be renamed as “Mexican America,” a name used for the North American region in some early maps. Google Maps ...

The department said the US Board on Geographic Names was working "expeditiously ... America' — a historic name used on an early map of the region. After Trump signed the order to implement ...