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mkarrmann
Referring to "25 centimeters per year" as "so fast it can be seen from space" is so funny to me.

We have very good satellites! Lots of things can be seen from space. "can be seen from space" is an awful way to provide readers intuition for the scale of something.

JohnMakin
It seems you're implying this isn't very fast - ~10 inches a year is extremely fast for this type of activity.
hulitu
They have to adapt somehow to the intelligence of target audience.