James Harkin

But this is something that's been found out by a researcher at the University of the Basque Country called Asia Mandarieta.

And basically, they just put a load of GPS stations all over the country and looked at all the data that came out of it.

And when Asia looked at all the data, he found that...

The European and Asian plates, so the continents are on these plates, they're moving closer to each other all the time, but while they're doing it, the Spanish part of it is very slightly rotating.

Good question.

No, it's not spinning in that way.

It's not spinning so that the bottom of Spain will be on the top soon.

It's more spinning so that Malaga will be in the north.

Sorry, I thought you meant the underground pit.

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There's not much sun today, is there?

We're talking geological timescales here.

And even with your planning of holidays, I think it's not going to affect it too much.

And that's why this work this guy's doing and why other geologists is so important.

Because when you're working out how all these plates are moving, it means you can better predict things like earthquakes and volcanoes and other events.

So Rich, we should say, is as old as Methuselah.

No, he isn't that old.

In actual fact, it's true.

I would say until the 60s, it wasn't completely agreed with.

Okay.