Grist

A government program hopes to find critical minerals right beneath our feet

A partnership between the federal government and state geological surveys, Earth MRI was established in 2019 with the goal of improving America’s knowledge of its “critical mineral” resources, a list ...
IFLScience

The "Great Unconformity" And Earth's Missing Billion Years May Have A New Explanation

In 1869, John Wesley Powell was studying layers of rock in the Grand Canyon when he noticed an unconformity in the layers. Around a billion years were missing, and the problem turned out to be global.
WRAL

USGS to study geology of four states with low-level flights

USGS contractor to conduct low-level flights to map variations in the Earth's magnetic field, in a study of the geology of NC, VA, SC, and WV The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will be conducting ...
SpaceNews

NASA, USGS Map Minerals to Understand Earth Makeup, Climate Change

A photo of a NASA ER-2 high-altitude aircraft with the AVIRIS and HyTES instruments installed. Credit: NASA NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will map portions of the southwest United States ...
Forbes

U.S. Gives 13 States $3 Million To ID Critical Minerals In Mine Waste

Refined tellurium, a rare mineral, in Utah that came from discarded mine tailings. It will be used to make solar panels. The U.S. government took a large step to retrieve critical minerals from mine ...
Nextgov

US Geological Survey inks partnership to look beneath Earth’s surface using quantum sensing

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The United State Geological Survey is deploying new advanced sensing technologies to better monitor and explore Earth with dual goals of ...
Forbes

New Geological Map Of Earth’s Lost Continent ‘Zealandia’ Published

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. For geologists, a continent is a large area of thick continental ...