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

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

Iceland is being tugged by growing antagonism between the Trump administration and Europe—and is watching nearby Greenland ...

Scientists believe that the motion of Earth's continents through plate tectonics has been largely steady over millions of years. New research, however, suggests this drift can speed up or slow down ...

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

Around 10,000 years ago as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America, and spreading in ...

Imagine a world where the Americas were not connected—a time when wild Pacific waters crashed against scattered islands, and ...

“Scientists knew that the ice melting caused the plates to uplift ... into solid rock and helping to force the continents of North America and Europe away from each other.

Federal cuts to the U.S. Geological Survey have prompted fears of losing vital information on earthquake activity and ...

Around 10,000 years ago, as the last Ice Age drew to a close, the drifting of the continent of North America ... Dean of the Institute ... Plate tectonics (from the Greek τέκτων; tektōn ...

At the end of the last Ice Age, around 10,000 years ago, the melting of massive glaciers may have done more than just raise ...