Incredibly, the new maps don’t just highlight areas prone to earthquakes—they also reveal the types of earthquakes these places can expect. The new seismic stress map of North America.

The research suggests that the interconnected nature of North America and Europe challenges long-held geological beliefs and opens new avenues for studying Earth's dynamic processes.

Explore detailed maps of the North American continent, showcasing geographical features and cultural landmarks.

For the first time, scientists have produced a comprehensive map of the tectonic stresses acting on the North American continent.

The continent of North America is not a single, thick, rigid slab, but is instead more similar to a layer cake, with a section of 3-billion-year-old rock sitting atop much newer material, a new ...

Researchers have discovered that the North American continent is slowly losing rock from its underside in a process called "cratonic dripping." This is caused by the remnants of the Farallon Plate ...

Since we were young, we've learned that Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Oceania, Europe, North America and South America make up the seven continents, but a study published in the journal Gondwana ...

All the major wildfires that have hit the bulk of North America over the last 6 months make for a strikingly full picture when put together. This new map from NOAA shows each fire detected by ...

If their study proves accurate, this would mean that the European and North American continents are still in the process of breaking apart and are, therefore, still linked.