How does the Moon 'Wobble' affect the rising tides?

Mother Nature has been wreaking havoc on us with floods and wildfires, but the moon may have a big surprise in store for us soon. The moon does a lot more than just look pretty in the night sky. Earth satellites are in charge of controlling many things on our planet.

But now NASA says the world could be in serious trouble and the moon may cause worldwide devastation. When will this happen, and what disasters have we seen in recent years? The moon is slightly larger than one-fourth the size of the Earth, which is much larger than any other planet-to-moon ratio. Research on NASA

The earth's gravity is strong and keeps us and everything on it from floating off into space, but the moon also has a gravitational pull, though it's much weaker and we don't notice it, if you want to see what effect the moon has on the earth, look no further than the liquid water of the oceans and seas.

When the moon is full, the ocean water is pulled toward it, creating a tidal bulge. Nasa is now issuing a dire warning that by the year 2030, the earth could start to see massive flooding in coastal cities all around the globe.

We've already seen devastating floods in 2021 that are unbelievable, and we'll get to those in a moment. While the moon wobble will temporarily suppress flooding from rising sea levels, as the moon sways back in the mid-2030s, we could see some of the worst floodings in coastal cities across the planet and this would last 10 long years.

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In 2014, the global sea level was almost three inches above the 1993 average and if you asked any climate scientist at that time how fast the levels of the oceans were rising, many would say 18 of an inch per year, but things have been accelerating and big-time faster melting of Greenland's ice has pushed the rate to 4.8 millimeters per year. Research no CBSnews

According to an ocean scientist at NASA's jet propulsion laboratory and head of the agency's sea-level change program, there's a lot more happening than sea levels rising.

The tides do more than make huge waves in the ocean and on beaches; they also impact the movement of currents and that directly impacts the weather by the amount of warming or cooling water moving through a specific area. A climate cycle in the Pacific Ocean starts when warm water in the western tropical pacific shifts eastward along the equator towards South America's coast.

Water temperature combined with strong winds and direction creates weather events like El Nino. Scientists discovered that when the moon is high in the sky, it also creates bulges in the planet's atmosphere and that leads to changes in the amount of rain that falls below.

These atmospheric bulges create pressure on the side of the planet that the moon is directly above, but here's something surprising that you didn't know The moon also affects polar temperatures. Satellite measurements of the atmosphere over the poles show a 0.56 degree Celsius rise. Although they're slight, these temperatures can affect weather all around the world now.

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Consider that in the USA, almost 40 percent of the population lives in high population density coastal areas, and globally, eight of the world's 10 largest cities are near the coast, according to NASA. These coastal cities need to take action now and brace for the coming floods. Research on Climate.gov

Climate scientists are already stunned by the massive amount of flooding around the planet in 2021, especially in Europe, where, from the looks of things, we're not prepared at all.

In March, extreme rainfall on the east coast of Australia led to widespread flooding in New South Wales and affected regions from the north coast to Sydney, which experienced the worst flooding in 60 years.

Many parts of the coast were declared natural disaster zones, and over 18,000 people were forced to evacuate. The flooding caused over one billion dollars of damage, but this was just one place on earth that saw unbelievable flooding thanks to climate change.

The region in central Europe has seen the worst flooding in decades and has left the region in a complete shock. Entire corridors of destruction have been carved through the landscapes of western Germany and eastern Belgium.

The flash floods came unexpectedly, and on July the 14th, 2021, a whopping 153.5 milliliters of rain fell near, twice the amount of the average rainfall for the entire month of July, and in eastern Belgium, an unbelievable 271.5 milliliters of rain fell in just 48 hours, making a national record for two-day rainfall in the Belgian town of Dinant.

The water was so fast and heavy that cars were picked up and washed down roads. More than 200 people lost their lives, with just as many missing.

This was Europe's 10th deadliest flood in the past 100 years, and here's an interesting thing: Residents were not evacuated or warned, but this isn't the only place where heavy flooding has occurred. It has been devastated by severe flooding caused by heavier rains than normal. This was China's heaviest rainfall in 1,000 years.

Horrifying visuals of cars overturned and floating down roads and people trapped in subways waiting for rescuers showed us a grim picture of what climate change is doing to our planet. Heavy rains and mudslides recently hit Turkey, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes.

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Devastating online footage showed stranded villagers being picked up off rooftops by helicopters, bridges collapsing under the force of rushing water, and cars floating down streets as residents were rescued.

Turkey has seen soaring temperatures of over 50 degrees Celsius. The United States and Canada have been hit by severe heatwaves, resulting in a heavy loss of life. For example, in the village of Lytton in British Columbia, temperatures soared to a high of 49.6 degrees Celsius. To make matters worse, those fires emitted a record 505 megatons of carbon dioxide.

The fires in the United States, particularly the Dixie fire in California, are out of control. What we're seeing now are unprecedented rocketing temperatures that will create flooding heatwaves, wildfires, and global drought that will have a severe impact on millions of people.

The earth, on the other hand, has been heating and cooling for billions of years. Humans will have to deal with mother nature and prepare themselves.