Tectonic plates are always in motion, even if they “walk” a few centimeters a year, and this can bring some complications. Recently, researchers have realized that the australian plate movement it is occurring in such an intense way that it has even affected a technological resource that is widely used in our daily lives.
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Located in Oceania, that is, in the southern hemisphere of the planet, the Australian plate is one of the most important in the world. Its displacement has been responsible for making Australia move in a way never seen before.
As a result, systems and activities that depend on technologies that work with geolocation are compromised.
According to researchers, the Australian plate is moving clockwise towards the northeast at an estimated speed of 7 cm per year. These data make the Australian plate appear in the group of the fastest plates in the world today.
As said, the movement of the Australian plate is displacing Australia and, therefore, technologies that use geolocation are being affected. The best known of these is the GPS, which currently has phenomenal accuracy.
Thanks to GPS, we can access locations from anywhere in the world, which are made available through coordinates.
However, the movement of the Australian plate causes the position of Australia to change and, consequently, the coordinates to be changed.
As a result, the GPS system suffers interference and its accuracy is threatened, since the coordinates displayed by it are no longer the same.
This whole process brings with it the need for professionals to pay greater attention to this type of technology. That is, they will have to work.
