Current Events > NASA: Wobbling moon will cause devastating worldwide flooding

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Lebronwon
07/14/21 9:57:18 PM
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/weather/2021/07/13/moons-wobble-cause-record-number-flood-nasa/7958703002/

Thanks to a "wobble" in the moon's orbit and rising sea levels, every coast in the United States will face rapidly increasing high tides that will start "a decade of dramatic increases in flood numbers" in the 2030s. The conclusion, which was published in the Nature Climate Change journal by NASA Sea Level Change Science Team from the University of Hawaii, has to do with the moon's orbit, which takes 18.6 years to complete, according to NASA. For half of that time period, Earth's regular daily tides are suppressed with high tides at a low average and low tides happening at a higher rate. In the other half of the cycle, the opposite occurs. "High tides get higher, and low tides get lower. Global sea-level rise pushes high tides in only one direction higher. So half of the 18.6-year lunar cycle counteracts the effect of sea-level rise on high tides, and the other half increases the effect," NASA explains. The moon is in its tide-amplifying cycle right now, and there is no cause for concern of dramatic flooding given sea levels in the U.S. haven't risen much. However, when the moon returns to the tide-amplifying cycle, the seas will have had nearly a decade to rise.

"The higher seas, amplified by the lunar cycle, will cause a leap in flood numbers on almost all U.S. mainland coastlines, Hawaii, and Guam. Only far northern coastlines, including Alaskas, will be spared for another decade or longer because these land areas are rising due to long-term geological processes," NASA said Wednesday. How severe will the floods be? In 2019, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported more than 600 floods. By the mid-2030s, scientists expect three to four times that amount. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the combination of the moon's gravitation pull, which causes tides in the first place, and climate change are the reasons behind the expected flooding. "Low-lying areas near sea level are increasingly at risk and suffering due to the increased flooding, and it will only get worse, Nelson said in the statement. The study also determined some floods could happen in clusters, meaning they may last more than a month. Depending on the positioning of the moon, sun and Earth, cities may experience a flood in consecutive days or every other day.



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BuckVanHammer
07/14/21 9:57:52 PM
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just gods plan

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DespondentDeity
07/14/21 9:57:54 PM
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Time to go to war with the moon

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nothanks1
07/14/21 9:58:00 PM
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riiiight
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David1988
07/14/21 9:58:16 PM
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Ban the moon tbh

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hockeybub89
07/14/21 9:58:44 PM
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It's almost like scientists want the world to be destroyed.

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Nukazie
07/14/21 9:59:25 PM
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all these catastrophes just because i'm getting out of the basement and gonna look for a job

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SSJPurple
07/14/21 10:00:38 PM
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Damn. All this effort trying to fight climate change, melting ice and rising sea levels and the moon swoops in with the

And Im guessing there is nothing we as a species can do to stop or mitigate what this moon wobble will do

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Phantom36
07/14/21 10:00:52 PM
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LOL everyone knows the earth is flat and the moon is just a hovering light. Duh

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UnholyMudcrab
07/14/21 10:00:56 PM
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What_
07/14/21 10:01:17 PM
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Global warming done fucked up the moon
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AngelsNAirwav3s
07/14/21 10:01:41 PM
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More blood on big oils hands

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David1988
07/14/21 10:01:41 PM
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SSJPurple posted...
Damn. All this effort trying to fight climate change, melting ice and rising sea levels and the moon swoops in with the

pretty funny how powerless as a species we are to the whims of the cosmos

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Sphyx
07/14/21 10:02:04 PM
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Will cause, or has already been causing?

I may have misread, but sounds like if true, it isn't so much something to be worried about, as it is something to help us deal with existing issues now that we know.

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SSJPurple
07/14/21 10:03:24 PM
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David1988 posted...
pretty funny how powerless as a species we are to the whims of the cosmos

Idk if funny is the right word but yeah it really sends home the message we are less than ants in the grand scheme of the universe lol

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Questionmarktarius
07/14/21 10:04:53 PM
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Laughing in tornado alley
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pikachupwnage
07/14/21 10:07:36 PM
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SSJPurple posted...
Damn. All this effort trying to fight climate change, melting ice and rising sea levels and the moon swoops in with the

And Im guessing there is nothing we as a species can do to stop or mitigate what this moon wobble will do

Offer our hottest women to Master Roshi In exchange for him blowing up the moon.

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BettyWhite
07/14/21 10:08:18 PM
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DespondentDeity posted...
Time to go to war with the moon

There's no oil on the moon silly.

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SSJPurple
07/14/21 10:08:56 PM
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pikachupwnage posted...
Offer our hottest women to Master Roshi In exchange for him blowing up the moon.

While I love myself a good and fitting Dragon Ball reference like that I think that might have devastating impact on us as well

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Jiek_Fafn
07/14/21 10:11:00 PM
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But it will swing in our favor in like another 18 years, yeah? So buy those half submerged properties right before then and make a killing when the moon does its thing.

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Questionmarktarius
07/14/21 10:11:12 PM
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rodu_jr
07/14/21 10:11:41 PM
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VTBM
07/14/21 10:17:40 PM
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Haha, sure it will.

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Gwynevere
07/14/21 10:21:22 PM
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UnholyMudcrab posted...
More clickbait
This, everyone knows Einstein disproved gravity and that Newton was a hack

Damn NASA and their uhh...science

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Another_Voice
07/14/21 10:24:42 PM
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96 hours from now, everything will change forever.
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Number090684
07/14/21 10:25:51 PM
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So basically we have around nearly a decade to prep for the major floods. Got it.
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Number090684
07/14/21 10:26:50 PM
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Another_Voice posted...
96 hours from now, everything will change forever.
Your guns won't save you.
All we can do is hope they have mercy.

What's going down in 96 hours?
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Guide
07/14/21 10:29:32 PM
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Jeez. Glad I live on top of an urbanized mountain.

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Crescente
07/14/21 10:30:43 PM
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Shit's going to affect the liquid in your brain. Prepare for a bunch of lunatics (hehe) to be more common.
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Another_Voice
07/14/21 10:33:31 PM
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Number090684 posted...
What's going down in 96 hours?

Few Understand
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Strider102
07/14/21 10:34:43 PM
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Our path is clear.

It's time to destroy the Moon.

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BloodMoon7
07/14/21 10:35:27 PM
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I'm sorry. I guess my ass is just too thicc.

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BettyWhite
07/14/21 10:40:20 PM
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EnterTheTekken
07/14/21 10:43:16 PM
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Tyranthraxus
07/14/21 10:45:37 PM
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Hashtag Caligula was right

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Hayame Zero
07/14/21 10:47:54 PM
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One of my close friends is already on his usual "this is why I shouldn't do anything with my life" spiel again, and lumping this into his doomsday conspiracies.

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Kloe_Rinz
07/14/21 10:50:47 PM
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Tides dont exist because the earth is flat and stationary. The water levels out like it does in a glass of water
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CM_Ponch
07/14/21 10:55:58 PM
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Where is Link when we need him most

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tremain07
07/14/21 11:02:01 PM
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Glory with the moon, mercy on the earth!
how many remember this reference

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Kanaya413
07/14/21 11:04:19 PM
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Ill probably be dead by then so idc
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kingdrake2
07/14/21 11:26:21 PM
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Kanaya413 posted...
Ill probably be dead by then so idc


the ones that will be dead are fortunate. they'll not have to witness what's happening.
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bigtiggie23
07/14/21 11:29:57 PM
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I'm sure we will be too occupied with Covid Variant Zeta Epsilon Sigma XXX to even notice what's going on with the moon.
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008Zulu
07/15/21 1:38:29 AM
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So just America? That's a little weird.

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Kaiganeer
07/15/21 1:40:44 AM
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nuke the moon
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Philoktetes
07/15/21 1:45:28 AM
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NASA is always fearmongering to try to get more taxpayer money
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MrMelodramatic
07/15/21 2:17:06 AM
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Another_Voice posted...
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What?
@Another_Voice

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Ratchetrockon
07/15/21 2:35:18 AM
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is it possible to nuke the moon a bunch of times to keep it stable?

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Strider102
07/15/21 2:58:49 AM
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Ratchetrockon posted...
is it possible to nuke the moon a bunch of times to keep it stable?

That wouldn't solve the problem and could create a new one as irradiated moon rocks and dust head for us.

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