Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin discovered that the bottom of the North American continent is subsiding, possibly due to a tectonic plate submerging into the Earth's mantle.

Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...

The affected part of the North American ... indications of the continental dripping beneath the U.S., the modeling also revealed the surprising cause—a sinking oceanic plate some 370 miles ...

A fascinating new study reveals how two of Earth’s established continents may constitute one whole landmass in itself.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — A 2.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded early Tuesday morning near Mount Vernon. The shakes were ...

According to the team's calculations, the motion of the North American continental plate may have sped up by 25% as the ice melted. Between about 12,000 to 6,000 years ago, spreading at the Mid ...

WASHINGTON, USA — A 2.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded early Tuesday morning in the Olympic National Forest. The shakes were recorded around 2:18 a.m. Tuesday just north of Wonder Mountain ...

According to the team’s calculations, the motion of the North American continental plate may have sped up by 25% as the ice melted. At the same time, spreading at the Mid-Atlantic Ocean Ridge, which ...