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

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

Cratonic thinning, a phenomenon geologists think happened hundreds of millions of years ago, appears to be taking place far ...

But don't worry, the continent isn't about to collapse. These are incredibly slow geological processes, happening over ...

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

The north of the continent is within the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer passes through the south of North America. The largest country in North America by land area is Canada, although the ...

The seven continents are Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America — but some experts argue that there could be less. "There is a question as to what exactly ...

Recap the continents of the world and use a globe to find and name South America. Ask pupils to describe its location and discuss how it is joined through a narrow piece of land to North America.