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

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

A simulation on the origin and evolution of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) has been conducted by a PKU research team ...

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a landscape with incredible geology. She hears a lot of the same suggestions: ...

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

The oldest parts of Earth's continents are called cratons, and underneath, they are rooted to the mantle... | Earth And The ...

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 ...

Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have found that parts of the North American continent are slowly “dripping” ...

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

Geodynamic models say deep mantle flow from the long-subducted Farallon slab is likely behind the massive underground “drips” ...