As you read this, the North American continent’s underside is dribbling away into Earth’s molten mantle. And according to ...

Something strange is happening beneath the heart of North America. The continent’s ancient core, the craton, is changing ...

A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...

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

Not only can wind and water erode them from above, but the deepest layers can be removed from below, as is thought to have happened to the North China Craton during the age of dinosaurs. Until now, ...

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

A study published in the journal Nature Geoscience has revealed a subtle yet significant phenomenon beneath the North ...

When 94-year-old Amy Craton accepted her diploma earlier this week, she become one of the world's oldest college graduates When 94-year-old Amy Craton accepted her diploma earlier this week ...

Lithospheric dripping occurs when the underside of Earth's rocky crust is heated to a certain temperature. As the rock melts, a drop starts to form, eventually becoming weighty enough to break off and ...

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 crust on Earth, known to be unchanging, is actually being altered in real time. The North American continent is ...