The effect the Moon has on the Earth's climate

[fivequotes]

Very interesting post dude! Ill be back..

[BorisGaquere]

Why would you film a documentary about the moon if the moon didn't exist? It's not arguable, it's definite.

[JasonZiggy678]

isnt the moon slowly pulling away from earth?

[johnnytheprick]

@JasonZiggy678 i wouldnt say "pulling", more like moving away. scientist claim its at a rate of 3.8mm per year.

the apparently know this because when man landed on teh moon (cough cough), they placed a reflector on its surface. they shoot a laser at it and measure the time it takes for the return signal.

[VicTheMouth3612]

It's wierd how Earth, a modest sized planet compared to the gas giants, can have a moon that is I believe the fifth largest in the solar system.

[gledalac1979]

@VicTheMouth3612

not weird considering the moon is a rogue piece of earth made during a planetary collision early in the solar system .

[johnnytheprick]

@gledalac1979 lolololololololo..............­..if only i had a billion dollars, id "try" to recreate that. i say "try" because i doubt i would be able to.

[AmMellow]

what do you mean might? she wouldn't be there filming it if the moon wasn't up in the sky.

[e2fusion]

Great why did nasa have to bomb moon with a rocket ship! 2012 better not happen please

[SCENEMONKEY]

i had a dream last night that we had no moon and the world was in chaos.. which made me get on youtube and find out what would really happen !

[wigglygiggly77]

Interesting, eh? I believe one day, the moon will not be here anymore.

[gledalac1979]

the moon is moving away every year by 4 centimeters so in a few billion years it will move away so much that it will lose it's gravitational pull on earth and everything will go upside down.

[johnnytheprick]

@gledalac1979 you dont actually believe the moon effects earths seasons do you?

[gledalac1979]

@johnnytheprick

why not?

[johnnytheprick]

@gledalac1979 do you know how far away it is? if earths gravity was so strong, youd think it pull the moon into earth. and yet, the moon is moving away from us at a rate (not sure if its linear) of 3.8mm per year.

are you familiar with the ridiculous "accretion theory" also known as "thia"?

our scientist have fucked it up yet again. see copernicus.

[VicTheMouth3612]

@wigglygiggly77 You're right about that belief, the moon is slowly getting farther from the earth all the time, at an average rate of about 1.5 inches a year. In just 600 million years it will be so far away total eclipses will be impossible.

[johnnytheprick]

@VicTheMouth3612 are you using a linear equation? if so, youd be wrong, for it will accelerate faster the further it moves away. see newtons laws.

[DaveGIS123]

Milutin Milanković studied the effects which cyclic variations to the Earth's orbit would have on Earth's climate. He looked at the variations of the Earth's orbital eccentricity, axial tilt, and precession, and showed how they combine to change the "seasonality" of incoming solar radiation as sensed at the Earth's surface. Because land & ocean aren't evenly distributed on the globe, changes in "seasonality" would help create ice ages.

[DawnAkemi]

Pretty fascinating. Thank goodness for the moon!

[atord1987]

doesn't the earth shift its' axis every once in a while?