The Midcontinent Rift is a giant tear that formed in what is now the U.S. Midwest 1.1 billion years ago. Nicknamed North America's "broken heart," it is filled with solidified magma and lava.

As you read this, the North American continent’s underside is dribbling away into Earth’s molten mantle. And according to researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, this may be the first time ...

Researchers have discovered that the North American ... America’s subsurface utilizing EarthScope seismic data. It ultimately revealed previously unseen geological processes within the continent ...

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away ... waveform seismic tomographic model for North America using an approach developed by co-author ...

A study published in the journal Nature Geoscience has revealed a subtle yet significant phenomenon beneath the North American continent ... model for North America. This computer model utilized ...

The United States and Canada, long-standing allies and neighbors, share the North American continent and have a shared interest in securing it against threats from potential adversaries. For too long, ...

This collection of Funky Facts from Go Jetters focuses on North America, a continent found ... Give pupils an outline map of the continent and ask them to draw and write features inside that ...

North America’s geological core ... located around the base of the North American craton. Cratons are characterized by high seismic velocity. On this map, blue represents rock through which ...

In the mid-eighteenth century, France controlled the largest part of the North American continent ... In the 14 colonies of British America, economies were booming and the population was doubling ...