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Scientists estimate that the Indo-Australian plate, which carries Australia with it, will collide with Asia, leading to significant geological and environmental changes.

New Delhi: Scientists have issued a warning that the Australian continent is drifting from its current position and moving toward a collision with the Asian continent. This shift is accelerating, potentially leading to major changes in the land ecosystem. The continent is shifting at a rate of 2.8 inches (7 centimeters) per year. This will lead to geological changes, particularly affecting the landscape, biodiversity, and climate of certain regions.

Professor Zheng-Xiang Li of Curtin University in Australia, who studied this phenomenon, said that it is part of a cyclical pattern in which continents drift apart and eventually come back together. He stated that this process has occurred multiple times in Earth’s history.

According to scientists, the movement happening in Australia is part of a massive geological process called plate tectonics. It has been shaping the Earth’s continents for millions of years. Around 80 million years ago, Australia separated from Antarctica, and for the past 50 million years, it has been continuously moving northward.

Scientists estimate that the Indo-Australian plate, which carries Australia with it, will collide with Asia, leading to significant geological and environmental changes. This future collision between Australia and Asia will especially bring changes in biodiversity.

Australia’s shifting is creating challenges not only for the future but also for the present. In 2016, scientists discovered that due to the continent’s movement, the GPS coordinate system had shifted by 1.5 meters (4.9 feet). Changes in the continent can significantly impact navigation systems as well.