What if the Moon travelled closer to Earth?

How may this result in a worldwide flood?

What would happen to the Earth's crust?

Why does the moon go through this?

If the Moon orbited the Earth more fast, what would happen?

Moon getting closer to earth

You haven't seen anything yet if you believe that the moon orbits our Blue Marble of a planet at a steady and pleasant speed of one kilometre per second. How is this possible? The moon's orbit accelerates quickly as it approaches Earth because of the planet's stronger gravitational attraction. Although the moon orbits the Earth every 27 days, Kepler's Third Law predicts that we will see it more frequently. The moon would revolve more fast if it continued to approach Earth. But how would this occur, if it did, to force the moon to freeze the planet? Lunar eclipses would occur more frequently due to the moon's increased brightness and speed, but the sky above would not compensate for the hell below, where the moon's gravitational force would rip through the Earth's crust, bringing on more regular earthquakes and volcanic explosions everywhere.

What will happen to the ocean?

Don't think you may be cooled off by drowning for the temperature is high; let me explain. Because of the moon's orbit, the Earth's gravity, and the Sun, oceans naturally ebb or flow. As the lunar surface gets closer, the tides would grow much larger; we're talking eight times higher than average. Some islands would be covered in water for all of the day. Nearly seventy million individuals who live in low-lying coastal regions would face danger kilometres would be covered. referred to as the Roche limit.

The Roche limit

Fortunately, this would not be possible since, as it gathered speed, our moon would be propelled into space because the Moon is so close to Earth at that time that the tidal forces between us are strong enough to split this grey rock in half. Our natural satellite would have enough momentum to escape Earth's gravity when it disappeared from view once it reached a speed of 1.4 kilometres per second. You could initially feel relieved because the Earth's rota would stop this from occurring.

The real nightmare begins

The nightmare actually begins with the frequent earthquakes and severe flooding because, in the absence of the Moon, any coastal ecosystems that haven't already been destroyed by the flooding would be completely upended and rendered inert. If tidal animals that depend on food that's normally lying in the ocean were to lack the calories they needed to live and nocturnal hunters couldn't hunt successfully without the light of the moon, there could be a mass extinction event of creatures on land and at sea, and while life on the Earth would be turned on its head so would the planet. Due to the Earth's orbital inclination, which is around 23.5 degrees, the seasons are possible at the end of time. But if the tilt grew larger, it might bring about catastrophic weather and plunge the planet into another cold age. Yes, a quicker lunar orbit could result in this, but since the tides would get smaller, this is where the real nightmare starts.