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

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 ...

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

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

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

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

A new study details how the North American plate is “dripping” into the mantle due to the continued influence of the Farallon Plate, which has been subducting under the continent for 200 ...

An illustration of the thinning of the North American craton as a result of the influence of the subducting Farallon Plate. An illustration of the thinning of the North American craton as a result ...