The deep roots of Earth's oldest continents have long been thought to be unshakable. But a new seismic discovery suggests that even these stable landmasses can change. Beneath the center of North ...

Miles beneath the ocean there are numerous sunken lands just waiting to be discovered. How did these lost lands form, and what would they be like today if they had been just a little higher up ...

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 ...

A chunk of ancient oceanic crust buried deep beneath the Midwest is pulling parts of North America's crust down into the ...

"You look at a model and say, "Is it real, are we overinterpreting ... the mysteries of Earth's dynamic systems, particularly the formation and transformation of continents across immense timescales.

Cratons are very old rocks that are part of Earth’s continents. They’re known for their stability ... “You look at a model and say, ‘Is it real, are we overinterpreting the data or is it telling us ...

Far be it from us to suggest there’s a parallel between the continental plate’s behavior and what is happening on top, but ...