![]() The agency has said that the moon’s wobble will “cause a leap in flood numbers on almost all US mainland coastlines, Hawaii, and Guam”. 'In half of the Moon's 18.6-year cycle, Earth's regular daily tides are suppressed: High tides are lower than normal, and low tides are higher than normal,' NASA explains. NASA’s Sea Level Change Team is providing crucial information so that we can plan, protect, and prevent damage to the environment and people’s livelihoods affected by flooding.” “The combination of the Moon’s gravitational pull, rising sea levels, and climate change will continue to exacerbate coastal flooding on our coastlines and across the world. “Low-lying areas near sea level are increasingly at risk and suffering due to the increased flooding, and it will only get worse,” said Nasa administrator Bill Nelson. Nasa has predicted in a new study that the next moon wobble will directly impact American coastlines in the mid-2030s. 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.” What has Nasa said about flooding? Global sea level rise pushes high tides in only one direction – higher. “In the other half of the cycle, tides are amplified: High tides get higher, and low tides get lower.
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