New research shows that North America is slowly sinking into the earth, and there's nothing we can do to stop it.

A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...

A study published in the journal Nature Geoscience has revealed a subtle yet significant phenomenon beneath the North ...

As you read this, the North American continent’s underside is dribbling away into Earth’s molten mantle. And according to ...

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

North America cut 12 rigs week on week, according to Baker Hughes’ latest North America rotary rig count, which was released on April 4. The total U.S. rig count decreased by two week on week ...

The oldest crust on Earth, known to be unchanging, is actually being altered in real time. The North American continent is ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust above it to "drip" and suck down rocks from across the continent.

And yet Connecticut—along with much of the rest of eastern North America—holds important clues about Earth’s history. This region, which geologists call the eastern North American margin ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Greg Grandin joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'America, América: A New History of the New World'.

Ornithologist Bruce Beehler tracks down what he calls the “Magnificent Seven,” a charismatic group of migratory birds, in his ...

An ancient slab of Earth's crust buried deep beneath the Midwest is sucking huge swatches of present-day's North American crust down into the mantle, researchers say. The slab's pull has created ...