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Offline rangerrebew

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King Tides — Not Related to Climate Change
« on: January 14, 2024, 06:52:27 am »
King Tides — Not Related to Climate Change
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Brief Note by Kip Hansen — 13 January 2024 — 900 words/5 minutes


What is a King Tide?  “A King Tide is a non-scientific term people often use to describe exceptionally high tides. Tides are long-period waves that roll around the planet as the ocean is “pulled” back and forth by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun as these bodies interact with the Earth in their monthly and yearly orbits. Higher than normal tides typically occur during a new or full moon and when the Moon is at its perigee, or during specific seasons around the country.” [ source – NOAA – National Ocean Service ]

If this is the case, why are there so many sites claiming that King Tides are caused by climate change or sea level rise?

Ignorance.  That’s the one-word answer.  But why are they even talking about King Tides?  Pushed by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, “the California King Tides Project is a community science program managed by the California Coastal Commission that is focused on highlighting this coastal phenomenon.”   Exactly why?  “King tides provide a great opportunity to get a glimpse of what our coast may look like as sea-level rises. The water level reached by an extreme high tide today will be the same water level of more frequent moderate tides in the future.” [ source ]

Basically, it is another scare tactic to promote the Climate Change and Sea Level Rise agendas.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/01/13/king-tides-not-related-to-climate-change/
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Re: King Tides — Not Related to Climate Change
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2024, 09:45:36 pm »
Tides at the Full Moon and New moon are known as "Spring Tides", and the highs and lows are at their most extreme, nonwithstanding storm surges. Tides on the quarter moons are known as "Neap Tides" and ordinarily have the least variation between the high tide and low. It is all controlled by the alignment of the Moon, Earth, and The Sun.

This is Oceanography 101, folks, not news.

Hyping this as something it is not, and especially blaming climate change is just more bullshit.
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