A 'wobble' in moon's orbit can lead to floods, warns NASA

A study, conducted by NASA, says that a 'wobble' in Moon's orbit combined with rising sea levels due to climate change will lead to devastating floods in the world. The situation is likely to become especially grim around mid-2030s.

A 'wobble' in moon's orbit - it's not something that will have us earthlings worried normally, is it? But if we go by a new study by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), extreme weather events in the Earth can be linked to its only satellite, the moon. While climate change has been known to cause floods across the world, the new study has linked these extreme weather events to the moon. The study, conducted by NASA, says that a 'wobble' in Moon's orbit combined with rising sea levels due to climate change will lead to devastating floods in the world. The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change on June 21, warns that these "nuisance floods" will become more frequent and irregular by mid-2030s. So what are nuisance floods? Occurring currently in coastal areas, these see tides reaching about 2 feet above the daily average high tide. They affect lives and livelihoods as these leads to water inundating homes and streets. These nuisance floods will become more frequent and irregular by mid-2030s, according to Nasa study. So if communities don't start planning for them now, the researchers cautioned that this will not be something we could possibly ignore.