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

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

All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

The deep roots of Earth's oldest continents have long been thought to be unshakable. But a new seismic discovery suggests that even these stable landmasses can change. Beneath the center of North ...

A hidden continent existed under Greenland's ice. Scientists found this lost continental fragment. It is called the Davis ...

Lithospheric dripping occurs when the underside of Earth's rocky crust is heated to a certain temperature. As the rock melts, a drop starts to form, eventually becoming weighty enough to break off and ...

Bonhams is tapping into the world’s largest luxury watch market with a timed online auction expected to run to 100 timepieces ...

Americans have long lived in fear of the 'Big One' - an earthquake so enormous it would devastate the West Coast. The harrowing images of Thailand and Myanmar on Friday morning after a 7.7 ...

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

Scientists have discovered that a portion of the North American craton is slowly dripping into Earth's mantle, challenging ...

Geologists have uncovered a long-lost continental fragment buried beneath the thick ice of Greenland, a discovery that offers ...