Beneath the surface of the United States, the Earth's crust is slowly sinking, creating a new geological phenomenon.

A massive eruption of magma around 135 million years ago may have been the driving force behind the tectonic rift that split ...

"The more we know about Earth's icy environments, the better we will be able to understand the other environments," said ...

Beneath the crust of North America, scientists have found that the deep roots of the continent are slowly dripping away in ...

In the wake of the 2023 Türkiye earthquake doublet, a rapid investigation of surface ruptures proved crucial for emergency ...

In a new study published in Science, researchers from the Model-Based Evolutionary Genomics Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and their international collaborators have ...

Explore how North America is changing as its deep cratonic root thins and pieces are dripping into the Earth's mantle.

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

Rising north of Butte, east of Deer Lodge, south of Highway 12 between Helena and Garrison Junction, and west of the ...

A combination of water management practices has contributed to notable groundwater gains in Central Arizona despite the ...