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Old 01-08-2007, 03:46 PM   #39 (permalink)
Superbelt
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
The moon's orbit around the earth is increasing. The earth's rotation is slowing. What impact does that have on global warming? No one knows. but there is no doubt the moon affect tides and water currents, and may have an impact on volcanic and seismic activity.
That's been happening since the day earth and later the moon were formed.
Planetary orbits decay at a pretty regular rate.
It's been happening the same through earths history. It's effect on climate is minimal. Not something felt in a time period of hundreds, thousands or even millions of years.
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