By measuring the slow rising and falling of the ground as the inexorable collision of the Nazca plate squeezed the coast, they could calculate how fast strain was actually building.
通过测量因纳斯卡板块挤压海岸发生碰撞造成的地面的缓慢上升与下降，他们能够估算压力的实际聚集速度。
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LAST summer, on the Atlantic coast of France, Charlemagne was introduced to a fine beach game: building big sand-walls near the shoreline in the face of a rising tide.
去年夏天，法国大西洋沿岸，一种有趣的沙滩游戏加入了查理曼大帝元素：涨潮时在海岸线上建一堵沙墙。
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Land prices are rising, especially along the Adriatic coast, as foreigners buy up plots for future development.