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

The North American continent is "dripping" rock into the lower layers of the Earth, new research says, and in the process ...

The U.S. will deny Mexico's non-treaty request for a special delivery channel for Colorado River water to be delivered to Tijuana,' the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs said.

The adventure begins at a modest gravel parking area south of Manhattan, Kansas (the “Little Apple,” not the one with the ...

people and the economy of western North America. Focused on the development of an understanding of interaction of light with seawater constituents, variability in ocean optical properties, and ...

A simulation on the origin and evolution of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has been conducted by a PKU research team led by Nie Ji, Associate Professor of the School of Physics; and Hu Yongyun, ...

Relief efforts from Friday’s devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake will be especially complicated with the country in embroiled in civil war, which began after the army seized power from the ...

As the death toll from the Friday's earthquake rises sharply in the space of a few hours, Myanmar's shadow National Unity Government has announced a unilateral partial ceasefire to facilitate ...

DARAYA, Syria (AP) — When Mariam Aabour learned of the ouster of Syrian leader Bashar Assad, she shed tears of joy. But as the time came to return to her homeland from Lebanon – where she fled ...

Here is what we know about relief efforts: China sent an 82-person team of rescuers to Myanmar on Saturday, Beijing's emergency management ministry said. A separate rescue team from China's Yunnan ...

Greenland’s size — it’s the world’s largest island — and its location in North America along the increasingly contested Arctic Ocean seems to be the root of Mr. Trump’s fascination.

Disaster recovery in America has long been plagued by inefficiencies and misaligned incentives. While agencies may work with good intentions, the system itself is not designed for seamless ...