Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the ...

As North America moves into spring, hummingbirds are migrating north. Hummingbird Central uses crowdsourced sightings to show ...

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

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

March wildfires have impacted parts of Western North Carolina, as well as the South Carolina Upstate. The largest fires in WNC were in the the Black Cove Complex in Polk and Henderson counties ...

This is the latest installment of a column from John Harner, professor of geography at University of Colorado Colorado ...

HOLLY RIDGE, La.—Manufacturers have passed over this patch of farmland for nearly two decades, a string of setbacks that left this one of the poorest corners of Louisiana. A quarter of the ...

Sierra Chiesa seeks a reset. Somewhere that she can escape the spotlight that has followed her historic wrestling career. Where she can blend in among her peers. She’ll get that at Gannon ...

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Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis. Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but she also reports on other topics for the National News Team.

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