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

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

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

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

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

A powerful X1.1-class solar flare was released by the sun on March 28, resulting in radio blackouts across North and South ...

On March 29, a partial solar eclipse will cause a dark shadow over eastern North America — and weather satellites will pick ...

The eclipse will be visible in parts of North America on Saturday, according to NASA. During a partial solar eclipse, the ...

During a partial solar eclipse, the moon passes between the sun and Earth. The moon casts a shadow on Earth and only partly ...

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