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

New research shows that North America is slowly sinking into the earth, and there's nothing we can do to stop it.

These cratons have had long-term stability and have remained largely unchanged for millions of years. Recently, a study published in the journal Nature Geoscience found that some of the world's ...

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

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

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

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

Scientists have discovered that a portion of the North American craton is slowly dripping into Earth's mantle, challenging ...

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 ...

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