Thursday, January 12, 2012
How much effect does the Moon have on the Earth's climate?
Tidal forces are believed to create enough energy on Titan to power volcanic forces albeit they are methane volcanoes, Titan is much colder than Earth, and Saturn has much greater gravity. Still there is a significant amount of energy generated. Do Climate models take it into account? Undoubtedly they don't. I would think that it is a relative minor factor that isn't even considered but it probably joins a long list, some of which may not even be known. Simplistic climate models have been shown to be just that, simplistic. I think that if you are going to make definitive predictions, as alarmists always do, then all factors including this, should be taken into account. We are obviously nowhere near understanding the numerous factors IMO and our umptions are pretty wild.
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