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North America is dripping from below, geoscientists discover

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Researchers discover that the underside of the North American continent is dripping away in blobs of rock.

Remnants of a tectonic plate sinking in Earth 's mantle may be the reason why.

The dripping is concentrated over the Midwest of the United States .

There's no need to worry about the continent hollowing out or the dripping changing the landscape anytime soon, the researchers say.

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