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

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

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

Not only can wind and water erode them from above, but the deepest layers can be removed from below, as is thought to have ...

Lithospheric dripping occurs when the underside of Earth's rocky crust is heated to a certain temperature. As the rock melts, ...

The deep roots of Earth's oldest continents have long been thought to be unshakable. But a new seismic discovery suggests that even these stable landmasses can change. Beneath the center of North ...

North America is dripping—with sizable blobs of rock sinking from the underside of the continent, beneath the U.S. Midwest, into the Earth's mantle below. This is the conclusion of researchers from ...

This week, researchers reported on nine rivers and lakes in the Americas that defy hydrologic expectations. Geologists report ...

Gulf War. His wife, Kathy (Kathleen Gingrich Basco Craton), was at his bedside. He was the son of the late Julius and Teresa Craton. Steve is survived by his wife, Kathy, his brother, Roger ...

In a surprising new discovery, scientists have found that the underside of the North American continent is slowly “dripping” away—like blobs of rock melting off into the Earth’s mantle. This strange ...

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