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

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

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 ...

The effort, released this year for Earth Day, is a three-year collaboration between USA TODAY and market research firm ...

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

The Biomass mission will use a long-forbidden part of the radio spectrum to see how much carbon forests capture.