Scientists Warn Of Accelerated Continental Drift
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Researchers who published a study in the journal Nature found that tectonic plates - the massive plates of crust on which our seven continents rest can increase in speed up to 20-times more than they have been. The sudden surge in velocity is quickly pulling our continents together, on a collision course and set to reshape the world for years to come.