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

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

Researchers have discovered that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock — and that the remnants of a tectonic plate sinking in the Earth’s mantle may be the ...

A 3D block diagram across North America showing a mantle tomography image reveals the Slab Unfolding method used to flatten the Farallon tectonic plate. By doing this, Fuston and Wu were able to ...