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

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

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, ...

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

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

For example, the North China Craton lost its deepest root layer millions of years ago. What makes the discovery of cratonic dripping special, said the researchers, is that it's happening right now.

This is not the first time scientists have found evidence of cratons changing. A study published at the end of 2024 found ...

A study published at the end of 2024 found that the North China Craton had undergone deformation too. However, the interesting part of the North American craton discovery is that the changes are ...