Would we (the human race) be able to survive if suddenly the moon vanished?

Question

Sounds like some people don't really know the impact that the moon's gravitational pull has on the Earth...

Vanamont7...I'm going to have nightmares! Thanks! LOL

Answer 1

Yes, but I don't know for how long. In the short term the problem would be limited to loss of the tides. Or most of the tides. This would really mess up the Ocean ecology, but I think we could survive that. But over millions of years, there is another problem. The Moon stabilizes the Earth's axial tilt. Without it the tilt would change so much that the seasons would get really messed up, to the point of causing an ice age or extreme global warming, probably to the point of boiling the oceans dry. But that would probably take many thousands or even millions of years.

Answer 2

The race would probably survive. The earth and the moon act as a double planet. If the moon were to vanish, the earth would get a new orbit, the specific orbit would depend on the particular position and speed the earth had when the moon disappeared. The new orbit may make life on earth impossible, or may require an adaptation from life, or, if we are lucky, the orbit may resemble the one we have, and life could continue with minor changes.

Answer 3

Probably, but there would be impacts in addition to the tides. Earth's orbit is impacted by the mass of the moon, as well as its rotational and orbital speed (around the sun). I'm not sure how much of a change would occur if it were to suddenly vanish, but I've got a feeling it would be something we'd notice and probably not enjoy.

Answer 4

Tides will disapear, women menstruations cycle will be affected. Birth rate also, as many pregnant women are giving birth during full moon.
Also, since the moon is acting a sort of shields against space bodies, we may see more meteorites in our sky... And maybe bigger ones could hit our planet.
I also guess that human brain could process slightly different... Don't ask me why...
But if the moon fall on Earth, then we will have more troubles...

Answer 5

nicely we'd now no longer have waves in our oceans, or the different bodies of water seeing as though it is controlled by skill of the moon. even even though it might desire to complicated issues, yet with each and every of the technologies we've today we'd be waiting to flow on without it. the only element which would be maximum apprehensive approximately is the destruction it might reason, and seeing as though the moon isn't that far from us, and the actual undeniable fact that it truly is particularly huge there might desire to and likely may be a large number of destruction counting on which way each and every of the products from the moon went.

Answer 6

The core of the Earth is magnet. Interaction with the Moon would create a magnetic field, thus a magnetic shield around the Earth.
It protects us from harmful high energy particle from the space.

Answer 7

Not only does the moon produce tides, it also affects wind current due to the tides. That wind current allows critical things to occur, such as plant growth, our breathing, etc.

We could survive for a short time, I suppose, but eventually our existence would become really, really difficult. We'd more than likely eventually die out due to starvation or suffocation.

Answer 8

Well, I would not have to worry about calling in sick on those full moon nights anymore.

Answer 9

it would throw off the tide system and the earth's magnetic fields.. which could have a large impact on our race

Answer 10

Sure. The moon is just there. Other than producing tides, it doesn't affect us in any way.

Nights wouldn't be as romantic without it, though.