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

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we associate with modern continents. This means the telltale fingerprints of ...

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

Scientists have long thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see ...

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Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics.

Researchers have discovered cratonic thinning occurring beneath North America, driven by the remnants of the Farallon Plate.

Far be it from us to suggest there’s a parallel between the continental plate’s behavior and what is happening on top, but ...

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

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics ...

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