Geologists discover rivers slice through mountain ranges because Earth's crust is so dense, it begins to sink—a process dubbed "lithospheric drip" (theconversation.com)

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[-] Plum@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Tldr/explain like I'm high- the earth is a lava lamp, and we live on the cold wax floating at the top.

[-] vivalapivo@lemmy.today -1 points 1 week ago

@grok is it woke

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