Geologists have made a groundbreaking discovery: the Indian Plate is splitting, with a portion peeling away and sinking into ...

Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

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

The oldest crust on Earth, known to be unchanging, is actually being altered in real time. The North American continent is ...

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

New research reveals that early Earth concealed a deep ocean of magma, which may explain today's anomalies in the planet's ...

Science is advancing and with it, fascinating and unique things are being discovered, as has happened in the Pacific Ocean. A group of researchers from ETH Zurich and the Californi ...

Cratonic thinning refers to the wearing away of cratons, which are regions of Earth's continental crust and upper mantle that have ... thinning as it occurs. The discovery was possible thanks ...

Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be ...

A diagram showing how Earth's crust and upper mantle (together known as the lithosphere ... documented cratonic thinning as it occurs. The discovery was possible thanks to a wider project led ...