At its annual attainment event in February, myFutureNC released new data on North Carolina’s progress toward its educational ...

US Geological Survey geologists estimated large potential for—and large uncertainty about—the amount of hydrogen ...

The combined drop of Upper and Lower Whitewater Falls (the latter extending into South Carolina) measures an astonishing 811 feet, dwarfing many more famous waterfalls. For comparison, Niagara Falls ...

The journey to Whitewater Falls is the perfect appetizer for the main event. Located in the Nantahala National Forest, near the charming mountain town of Cashiers, the drive alone delivers ...

North America is dripping—with sizable blobs of rock sinking from the underside of the continent, beneath the U.S. Midwest, ...

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

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