GPS Used To Monitor Continental Drift

metz2000 writes "BBC News is reporting that a team of scientists from Nottingham (UK) are using GPS to measure sea levels and continental drift. The team has around 50 stations across the UK, and use GPS technology to track miniscule changes in altitude and location. This allows the team to gain an understanding of how the UK landmass is likely to change over the coming centuries. They have discovered that the British Isles are tilting, with the north of the country gaining altitude and the south of the country 'sinking'."

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[daveatwork]

your all probably not interested, but i went to the University of Nottingham, and looking at the pictures, you can see the area where I 'christened' the IESSG building, which is just 100m from my old hall ;-)

tee hee