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

Beneath the American Midwest, part of the continent is gradually losing its foundation. This slow geological phenomenon, ...

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

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

Lithospheric dripping occurs when the underside of Earth's rocky crust is heated to a certain temperature. As the rock melts, ...

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.

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

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock—and that the ...

The number plate DD5 was sold for a staggering Dh35 million at the ‘Most Noble Number’ auction held on Saturday evening in Dubai. Starting at a base price of Dh15 million, the plate saw more ...

Sediment buoyancy reduces plate pressure, which can hinder seafloor subduction to some extent (Keum and So, 2023). To eliminate the influence of sediments, we simulated the basement depth at the time ...