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

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

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

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