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

The Guinness World Record for the oldest Earth rock is currently held by the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt, which is listed as ...

What’s in a word? Well, if it’s the word dirt or soil, it turns out, it’s a lot. While most people, myself included, often ...

But don't worry, the continent isn't about to collapse. These are incredibly slow geological processes, happening over ...

Geologists have long struggled to understand massive time gaps in Earth’s rock record, where millions—sometimes billions—of ...