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

Scientists have warned that the crust of the Earth beneath the US is 'dripping' away, which sounds quite concerning but is ...

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

an oceanic tectonic plate that has been subducting under North America for about the past 200 million years, could be driving the process despite being separated from the craton by about 600 ...

The 7.7-magnitude earthquake that rocked Myanmar and Thailand on March 28 is a chilling reminder for everyone to start taking ...

A disaster of unimaginable scale looms over Japan as its government is warning that the next ‘megaquake’ could kill as many ...

A recent Japanese government report warns of a potential megaquake in the Nankai Trough, which could result in devastating ...

A megaquake in Japan could result in up to 298,000 deaths and $2 trillion in damages, according to new government estimates.

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock — and that the remnants of a tectonic plate sinking in the Earth’s mantle may be the ...