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

Despite being part of the same plate ... the region has historical and cultural connections with North America, but at the same time, its indigenous population shares a lineage with Native ...

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

Alaska, Hawaii and parts of mainland America’s West Coast are at risk if an earthquake erupts along the Cascadia subduction zone, a fault stretching from Northern Vancouver Island to Cape ...

A fascinating new study reveals that a massive chunk of Earth’s crust, buried deep beneath the Midwest, is slowly pulling large parts of North America’s crust into the Earth’s mantle.