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Re:Australia Is Drifting So Fast GPS Can't Keep Up by teh_klev on Saturday September 24, 2016 @03:44PM (#12572298)
Both the National Geographic article (linked above) and the NYT articles (linked in the Nat Geo) article are fairly low quality. No references or citations. Not up to HN's usual front page quality standard.
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Re:Australia Is Drifting So Fast GPS Can't Keep Up by superplussed on Saturday September 24, 2016 @03:53PM (#12572344)
Also, the animation over-dramatises what is happening and makes it look like Australia is going to slam into Papua New Guinea soon. That's just.. bizarre.
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Re:Australia Is Drifting So Fast GPS Can't Keep Up by goldfeld on Saturday September 24, 2016 @04:01PM (#12572378)
Why? I think you'd see some earthquake or cresting of terrain when/if it two landmasses slowly but violently merge over years, but I wouldn't know.
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Re:Australia Is Drifting So Fast GPS Can't Keep Up by Retric on Saturday September 24, 2016 @04:28PM (#12572503)
First the plate is what's moving not just the landmass. Second it's moving really slowly. They are showing something like a million years of motion, and it's in the wrong direction. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Plate
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