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SCIENCE 07/15/2021 04:53 am ET Updated 11 hours ago
NASA is expecting dramatic increases in flood numbers in the nations coastal cities.
By Ed Mazza
The moon may look like a peaceful neighbor, but scientists are warning that it may be trying to kill us.
In the mid-2030s, every U.S. coast will experience rapidly increasing high-tide floods, when a lunar cycle will amplify rising sea levels caused by climate change, NASA warned in a new report.
Thank the moons 18.6-year wobble cycle, which has been observed for some 300 years.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/moon-wobble-floods_n_60efc0eae4b0d5140ebc9734
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(36,312 posts)BradAllison
(1,879 posts)Just don't touch the butt.
Kaleva
(36,312 posts)Crunchy Frog
(26,587 posts)And I'm sure that there's no possibility of unintended consequences if that happens.
Solly Mack
(90,773 posts)Ocelot II
(115,735 posts)Climate change
GOP gone full Nazi
Covid19 variants
Murder hornets
Volcanoes
Tornadoes
North Korea
Iran
Haiti
Cuba
Russian cyber-attacks
Hurricanes
Tomato hornworms
Aaaand: Moon wobble!