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North America Is Dripping from Below, Geoscientists Discover

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144 points jandrewrogers | 1 comments | 05 Apr 25 20:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.926s | source
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imchillyb ◴[05 Apr 25 23:01 UTC] No.43597509[source]▶
I believe it's a shame that the drippings do not create the basis of a mantle-stalagmite. That would be a neat feature to study.

'Our continent keeps on dripping, dripping, dripping, into the mantle...'

Doo-doo dah doo-doo.

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Is there currently any type of ground penetrating radar or other device which could physically confirm the model's output?

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zerealshadowban ◴[06 Apr 25 01:03 UTC] No.43598101[source]▶
it usually starts with a stalactite, then a stalagmite; by the way is there a mnemonic for the two words in English? something like t for tumbling and m for mounting...
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1. sritchie ◴[06 Apr 25 01:56 UTC] No.43598354[source]▶
I always remember it with “g” for ground and “c” for ceiling… haha but I do like the mites and tites one too in a neighbor comment :)