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

Earth, since its inception, has gone through many changes. The present world is drastically different from the past. Many ...

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. Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American ...

Despite being tied together beneath the surface, these regions diverge sharply above it. Iceland and the Azores are ...

The deep roots of Earth's oldest continents have long been thought to be unshakable. But a new seismic discovery suggests that even these stable landmasses can change. Beneath the center of North ...

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

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a ...

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

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

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