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Not sure how that directly contributes anything considering the article makes no mention of effect (of lack thereof) of tidal forces or the Moon at all.
The change is 0.78 micrometers, or less than one ten thousandth of an inch, per hour.
Interesting, but given that it is in the tropics where rainfall intensities are likely to be 10+ mm/hr the tidal influence of 0.00078mm/hr is less than 0.01%!
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[–] ScottRockview 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Find out this one neat trick farmers have been using for hundreds of years.
[–] ratsmack [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Yay, somebody got it... The Farmers Almanac.
[–] hi5enigma 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Or, does the tide instead affect the rainfall detector's measurements accuracy?
[–] Veni_Vidi_Vici 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Rain gauge
[–] KyJoCaThe2nd 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Not sure how that directly contributes anything considering the article makes no mention of effect (of lack thereof) of tidal forces or the Moon at all.
[–] blind-science 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Interesting, but given that it is in the tropics where rainfall intensities are likely to be 10+ mm/hr the tidal influence of 0.00078mm/hr is less than 0.01%!
[–] Nietzsche__ 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Wait till China mines it for minerals if there are any.
[–] ratsmack [S] ago
That would be a very expensive endeavor.
[–] CeepsNo 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
Great, now the next dumb that tells me horoscopes and full moons impact our behavior will have a sprinkle of science on top of some bullshit
[–] Amadameus 2 points 0 points 2 points (+2|-2) ago
Makes sense - if the moon's gravity can pull the oceans back and forth into tides, we should expect it to affect all kinds of stuff.
[–] supernatendo 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
Just because it is a half-moon doesn't mean the gravity is half... The whole thing is still there...
edit: There is a typo in the article title, I think they meant moon's position and not moon's phase.
[–] Internet_Celeb 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Uhhh, half of the gravity isn't gone, but an amount is