Tectonic plates are always moving, even if they “walk” a few centimeters a year, and this can lead to some complications. Recently, researchers have realized that Australian plate movement It is happening in such an intense way that it has even affected a technological resource that is widely used in our daily lives.
Australian plate movement
The Australian plate is located in Oceania, that is, in the southern hemisphere of the planet, and is one of the most important plates in the world. Its displacement was responsible for making Australia move in a way it had never been before.
As a result, systems and activities that rely on technologies that work with geolocation are compromised.
plate offset
According to the researchers, the Australian plate is moving clockwise to the northeast at an estimated speed of 7 cm per year. This data makes the Australian board appear among the group of the fastest boards in the world today.
technology interference
As said, the movement of the Australian plate is superseding Australia, and therefore, the technologies that use geolocation are affected. The most famous of these is the Global Positioning System (GPS), which currently has phenomenal accuracy.
Thanks to the global positioning system (GPS), we can access locations from anywhere in the world, which are provided by coordinates.
However, the movement of the Australian plate causes the position of Australia to change, and thus the coordinates.
As a result, the GPS suffers from interference and its accuracy is threatened, because the coordinates it displays are no longer the same.
This whole process brings with it the need for professionals to pay closer attention to this type of technology. That is, they will have to work.
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