North America is dripping—with sizable blobs of rock sinking from the underside of the continent, beneath the U.S. Midwest, ...

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

Just when things couldn't get any crazier in the US, scientists have discovered that the underside of the Earth's crust is ...

Beneath the surface of the United States, the Earth's crust is gradually subsiding, creating a novel geological phenomenon.

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

Geodynamic models say deep mantle flow from the long-subducted Farallon slab is likely behind the massive underground “drips” ...

The processes led to the lithosphere, which consists of the Earth's crust and upper mantle, thinning and extending seaward. The NCC was specifically studied, but "the North American craton ...

The plates make up Earth's outer shell, called the lithosphere. (This includes the crust and uppermost part of the mantle.) Churning currents in the molten rocks below propel them along like a ...

A study published in Nature on 2 April reveals that Earth's first crust, formed about 4.5 billion years ago, probably had chemical features remarkably like today’s continental crust. This ...

A diagram showing how Earth's crust and upper mantle (together known as the lithosphere) could be dripping into the mantle due to the Farallon slab. (Image credit: Hua et al. Nature Geoscience (2025)) ...

Earthquakes. A short video for 11-14 year old pupils, exploring tectonic activity and earthquakes and featuring case studies ...