As you read this, the North American continent’s underside is dribbling away into Earth’s molten mantle. And according to ...

What roils beneath the Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even animal activity and evolution. In ...

Known as lithospheric foundering, this phenomenon involves the Earth’s rigid outer layer detaching and sinking into the ...

We may not think about our planet on a day-to-day basis, but the world we live in is a pretty interesting place. The third ...