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

Something strange is happening beneath the heart of North America. The continent’s ancient core, the craton, is changing ...

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

A newly analyzed medieval manuscript suggests that sailors from the same region as Christopher Columbus may have known about ...

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

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

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a ...

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.

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