NASA: Moon "wobble" in orbit may lead to record flooding on Earth

[Num7]

Have you heard of this?

NASA: Moon "wobble" in orbit may lead to record flooding on Earth

A wobble in the moon's orbit will raise high tides even higher, exacerbating the devastating effects of sea-level rise.

www.cbsnews.com

Every coast in the U.S. is facing rapidly increasing high tide floods. NASA says this is due to a "wobble" in the moon's orbit working in tandem with climate change-fueled rising sea levels.

The new study from NASA and the University of Hawaii, published recently in the journal Nature Climate Change, warns that upcoming changes in the moon's orbit could lead to record flooding on Earth in the next decade.

Through mapping the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) sea-level rise scenarios, flooding thresholds and astronomical cycles, researchers found flooding in American coastal cities could be several multiples worse in the 2030s, when the next moon "wobble" is expected to begin. They expect the flooding to significantly damage infrastructure and displace communities.

Never heard of this until now. They say it could displace over 100M people...

 

[Einstein]

No need to worry Num7. All doom and gloom predictions have failed 100%. The moon has had an elliptical orbit for billions of years. So nothing new there. Just a science writer exaggerating facts.

 

[lamdo263]

Have you heard of this?

NASA: Moon "wobble" in orbit may lead to record flooding on Earth

A wobble in the moon's orbit will raise high tides even higher, exacerbating the devastating effects of sea-level rise.

www.cbsnews.com

Never heard of this until now. They say it could displace over 100M people...

An astronomy student on Twitter said that Earth's moon wobble is occasionally predictable as seen in past cycles. Don't know about the moon being a hollow robot and all that, just saying. Thnaks

 

[Num7]

Yeah, first thought I had was... Doesn't the moon have a pretty stable orbit since... Like forever?

 

[lamdo263]

Yeah, first thought I had was... Doesn't the moon have a pretty stable orbit since... Like forever?

No looked it up and goes through periods of eccentric wobble. Might be something geo-physically stable that has to do with action of bodies in orbit in this system? It is in print however nothing new. Regards Lam

 

[Harte]

It's WAY overblown. This wobble happens on a regular basis. In this case it happens to line up with a higher tide cycle, which has been exacerbated slightly by climate change. The tide cycle is also a regular cycle.

Harte

 

[Wind7]

It's WAY overblown. This wobble happens on a regular basis. In this case it happens to line up with a higher tide cycle, which has been exacerbated slightly by climate change. The tide cycle is also a regular cycle.

Harte

THIS.

You beat me to it.