Beneath America, something ancient and invisible is at work. Deep under the heart of the Midwest, a long-buried slab of Earth ...

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

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

A fascinating new study reveals that a massive chunk of Earth’s crust, buried deep beneath the Midwest, is slowly pulling ...

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

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

This week, researchers reported on nine rivers and lakes in the Americas that defy hydrologic expectations. Geologists report ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...

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

Beneath the American Midwest, on the continent of North America, the underside of Earth's crust is dripping into the ...

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics ...

Explore how North America is changing as its deep cratonic root thins and pieces are dripping into the Earth's mantle.