But America's West Coast is still where geologists are watching most carefully ... An area in the Pacific Northwest lies on a 'subduction' zone where a tectonic plate slides underneath the North ...

The friendly rivalry between the East Coast and the West Coast of America runs deep. Whereas the East Coast has a reputation ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Intense wildfires in western Canada have sent huge plumes of smoke sweeping across North America in recent days — pollution that has been captured in images by NASA satellites, aircraft and ...

“It would mean that an Italian got knowledge of the west coast of North America or he heard about it from Arabs or Chinese,” says Benjamin B. Olshin, a historian of cartography whose ...

The Pineapple Express is a stream of moisture in the atmosphere that delivers humid air from the tropical Pacific to the West ...

Roughly 1,000 years ago, the story goes, a Viking trader and adventurer named Thorfinn Karlsefni set off from the west coast of ... European baby born in North America. Thorfinn and his band ...

But Europe has something that North America doesn't, when it comes to protection against hurricanes. Location. Hurricanes usually form off the coast of West Africa, where warm water near the ...

The West Coast and the Mountain West consistently top the list for best hikes, but you can still find some dreamy vistas on ...

The friendly rivalry between the East Coast and the West Coast of America runs deep. Whereas the East Coast has a reputation for being fast-paced, hard-working and steeped in tradition and ...