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

The Midcontinent Rift is a giant tear that formed in what is now the U.S. Midwest 1.1 billion years ago. Nicknamed North ...

Scientists believe that the motion of Earth's continents through plate tectonics has been largely steady over millions of years. New research, however, suggests this drift can speed up or slow down ...

Ice Melting and Plate Tectonics The geoscientists based their simulation’s start at 26,000 years ago, when the Laurentide Ice Sheet, which covered much of North America, started receding. Melting ice ...