following the discussion about if the sun went out and I thought what
might happen if the moon was gone. The amount of insulation might stay
the same but with the oceans and currents soon going haywire the
weather system would be sure to follow.

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Simon S writes:
following the discussion about if the sun went out and I thought what
might happen if the moon was gone. The amount of insulation might stay
the same but with the oceans and currents soon going haywire the
weather system would be sure to follow.

The tides would certainly be markedly reduced, but would that
necessarily mean a major change in ocean currents?
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following the discussion about if the sun went
out and I thought what
might happen if the moon was gone. The amount of
insulation might stay
the same but with the oceans and currents soon
going haywire the
weather system would be sure to follow.

The depth to which deep ocean tidal mixing would
be reduced greatly. Sea surface temperatures
(SST's) would rise and this would have a big
effect on the weather and climate. Ice shelves may
be less prone to break-up, despite higher SST's.
Overall effects unknown.

Try a Google search on "Keeling Tides" and you may
find some relevant research.

on a related topic see-

Title: What if the Moon didn't exist? Earths that might have been.
http://www.atmos.ucla.edu/~fovell/AS19/index.html


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david