Australia’s entire GPS navigation system was found to be off by 4 feet in 2016 when its satellite navigation systems failed to account for tectonic shift—roughly 2.2 inches a year over 2 decades—and threw everything slightly out of position.
Continents move one inch per year.
Mt. Everest is one foot taller than it was 100 years ago
Mount Everest is growing taller by a few millimeters every year
Iceland grows 5 centimeters every year as the North American and European tectonic plates grow wider apart.
Earth is the only known planet with plate tectonics
The Pacific Ocean shrinks 2-3 cm as tectonic plates move. As it does, Asia and North America get closer each year.
Mt. Everest's summit is made of marine limestone which means the highest point on earth was once at the bottom of the sea.