In fact, Huntsville, Alabama’s current largest city, has only one structure on this list and that’s because the city once had ordinances limiting skyscrapers, according to the Huntsville Convention ...

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 ...

There’s a place in northeastern Mississippi where the Appalachian foothills make their final, dramatic stand before surrendering to the flatlands – a geological rebellion that created one of the state ...

Beneath the surface of the United States, the Earth's crust is slowly sinking, creating a new geological phenomenon.

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said ...

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

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