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

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

But don't worry, the continent isn't about to collapse. These are incredibly slow geological processes, happening over ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Our findings indicate that in the past, recycling and mixing of subducted plates into the mantle was restricted to the upper mantle, where there is strong convection. This is very different from ...

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.