North America is dripping—with sizable blobs of rock sinking from the underside of the continent, beneath the U.S. Midwest, ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...

But don't worry, the continent isn't about to collapse. These are incredibly slow geological processes, happening over ...

Researchers have discovered cratonic thinning occurring beneath North America, driven by the remnants of the Farallon Plate. Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American ...

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have found that parts of the North American continent are slowly “dripping” ...

This week, researchers reported on nine rivers and lakes in the Americas that defy hydrologic expectations. Geologists report ...

A fascinating new study reveals that a massive chunk of Earth’s crust, buried deep beneath the Midwest, is slowly pulling ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Beneath America, something ancient and invisible is at work. Deep under the heart of the Midwest, a long-buried slab of Earth ...