According to new research from NASA and the University of Hawaii, published in the journal Nature Climate Change last month, a future “wobble” in the moon’s orbit will worsen coastal flooding on Earth three to four times compared to Today, so we now explain to you what exactly this change in the moon’s orbit will consist of and how it will affect us on Earth in the year 2030.
A change in the orbit of the Moon will cause major floods on Earth in 2030
Thanks to this first NASA study, all the causes, oceanic and astronomical, linked to the floods that occur on the coasts of the United States and how they will evolve over time have been analyzed and taken into account.
Led by members of NASA’s Sea Level Change Science Team at the University of Hawaii, research shows that in the mid-2030s, high tides will more frequently exceed known flood thresholds across the country. . The study further notes that current floods occur in clusters lasting a month or more, depending on the positions of the Moon, Earth, and Sun. When the Moon and Earth align in specific ways with each other and With the Sun, it generates a gravitational attraction that has a response in the oceans and with it, that the inhabitants of urban areas face floods every day or two.
Looking ahead, these floods could, in the long term , damage infrastructure and actually endanger humans. However, the oscillation is certainly nothing to worry about and is in fact part of a natural cycle that has been repeating for millions of years. The Moon’s orbit, for example, creates periods of higher and lower tides in a space of time that occurs approximately every 18.6 years.
Climate change will also be ‘responsible’
But there is a problem that should not be underestimated in this story: in addition to the increase in potential coastal flooding, in the 2030s there could also be a rise in sea level due to human-induced climate change. It is for this reason that when the next tidal amplification period begins, the resulting floods will likely be the worst ever seen.
We realize in this way that there are many problems that these floods could cause and certainly, in addition to numerous other studies to really know the impact of this event, measures are needed to protect the infrastructures and that in some way it can be « prevented »Before these increases in tides and floods take place as well as a greater awareness to avoid that the tides increase due to the environmental impact.
