'Wobble' in Moon's Orbit Could <br />Cause Record Flooding in the 2030s, NASA Study Finds.<br />'Wobble' in Moon's Orbit Could <br />Cause Record Flooding in the 2030s, NASA Study Finds.<br />The NASA study is a warning that <br />"nuisance floods" could become frequent <br />fixtures across U.S. coastlines in the next decade.<br />Nuisance floods occur on coastlines when <br />high tide levels exceed two feet above the norm, <br />causing significant local flooding.<br />In 2019, close to 600 of these <br />types of floods occurred in the U.S.<br />But the new NASA-led study predicts an <br />increased frequency of nuisance floods of <br />between three to four times that number.<br />According to the study, <br />this is likely to begin as soon as the 2030s.<br />The increase will be due to several factors, <br />including the rise in sea levels due to <br />human-influenced climate change.<br />as well as a particular cycle of the <br />moon's 18.6-year orbit around the Earth that <br />causes higher tides across the board.<br />[High-tide flooding will move] from a regional issue to a national issue with a majority of U.S. coastlines <br />being affected, NASA-led Study Authors, via Live Science.<br />If it floods 10 or 15 times a month, a business can't keep operating with its parking lot under water. , Phil Thompson, Assistant Professor University <br />of Hawaii, via Live Science.<br />People lose their jobs because they can't get to work. Seeping cesspools become a public health issue, Phil Thompson, Assistant Professor University <br />of Hawaii, via Live Science.<br />The authors of the study recommend that <br />planning measures begin now in order to mitigate the <br />worst effects of the increase in nuisance floods
