Have you ever consider about our natural satellite? Yes, the moon has a huge impact on Earth. For example the moon’s gravitational pull on Earth is the main cause of the rise and fall of ocean tides. In effect, removing the Moon would spell extreme climate change. Firstly there would be huge differences between temperatures, what is more the ice ages would hit the world every thousand years. Thank you for your time.
Questions:
1. How do you like a form of animated presentation in this short video? Do you find it more attractive to watch?
2. Do you know any other reasons why moon is that important for Earth?
3. What do you think about nuke weapon? Is it should be that available like it is?
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I found it to be characteristic for the format presented by the author of the video - kurzgesagt. It is pretty and the animations are smooth and help to imagine some of the
crazy things the narrator speaks about.
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Apart from the tides caused by it's gravitational forces on earth? I don't thin there's any, it could be a shield for asteroids, so every meteor that caused a crater on the moon could have hit earth in the past. I think it also has a big cultural importance for humans (it was an indicator of the lunar month in ancient times)
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The thing is that it's less and less available. There are less then 10 countries right now that have nuclear weapons and the two which have the biggest number of them actively try to decrease that number. Regarding what I think about it, it's a dark side of nuclear energy which is positive, but nuclear weapon has no inherent usage.
Well, moon is the reason why our waters (oceans, seas, lakes) have high and low tides, it’s caused by the moon’s gravity. I also think that it was scientifically proven that moon causes sleep problems, but I don’t think we could count this as “being important” for Earth and humanity. 😉 But as Victor said above, it had huge influence on ancient cultures, so we can call it a positive and important factor.
I think nuclear weaponry was a borderline crossed by human race, that should’ve never been crossed. Besides obvious devastation and massive killing of thousands civilians in Japan in 1945 by American atomic bombings, also the Soviet Union made it’s mistakes with nuclear weapons. As far as I remember, they’ve detonated the biggest bomb named “Tsar-bomb” in the 1960s and it’s explosion was so powerful, the shockwave circled Earth 3 times and the sound of the explosion was heard in 800km radius; in a village 780km away from ground zero, the windows shattered to pieces. I’ve heard stories that it was about to be even more powerful, but Soviet scientists were afraid it’d move the Earth’s axis. Overall, they’ve detonated over 200 nuclear bombs in total before UN banned the tests, which made some parts of the Soviet Union radioactive and contaminated for years.
2. I am not an expert on the moon but I have heard that the moon plays many important roles in our lives. Thanks to the moon at night, the sun reflects off it, thanks to which the earth is not completely dark. Thanks to the night light, life could be easier to develop as species have more time to hunt, build shelter and establish contacts with other individuals of a given species.
3. Nuclear weapons in my opinion are not available. Many countries have signed a treaty on the non-use of nuclear weapons in armed conflicts. Many countries also do not know how to create such weapons, it is a secret knowledge known only to a few. Many countries have also signed treaties on the non-production of nuclear weapons or the disarmament of those that have already been created.
2. No, I do not think that I would know any other reasons why moon is that important for Earth. But for sure, the main reason is lighting the globe at night.
3. Nobody should have such weapons. I think the governments which do poses the nuclear weapons minimalize the effect they have or did not learned anything from history.
2. The moon causes high and low tides due to its gravity impact on Earth. It reflects sunlight so during the full moon it's not completely dark. Unfortunately, I don't know any other reason.
3. This weapon exists only to show the domination of other countries. It's too dangerous, causes the land to be contaminated for many years after the explosion, and changes the atmosphere. Did you know that sunk boats from times before nuclear tests are recovered from underwaters because they contain uncontaminated metal which is later used for precise medical equipment? I think that nuclear weapons should be prohibited.
Of course, the most visible effect of our moon on earth is the rise and fall of the tides. More importantly, the moon is responsible for maintaining a stable climate on the planet. Mathematical simulations show that if it were no moon, the ice caps on poles might not exist at all. This has to do with the angle of the planet's rotation axis relative to its orbit around the sun. Without the counterbalance of a natural satellite, the rotation angle of the planet Earth would be 90 degrees. We owe the moon a great variety of climate on our planet.
The biggest problem with nuclear weapons, and what distinguishes them from other weapons, in my opinion is the contamination that remains after their use. Irradiation of the moon's surface by an atomic bomb seems to be a strange fad, but Elon Musk and many real scientists have talked about the fact that one way to terraform mars is to drop many atomic bombs on the surface to raise the temperature. It should be remembered that what can be a weapon, properly used can also be a tool.
2. I've always been aware that the moon definitely has a great influence on the vitality of our planet and life on it. Without the moon, life on Earth would have been completely different, it would have been much less, or perhaps it would not have existed at all.
3. I think people are too stupid to possess such powerful weapons. The whole world is at the button. The largest countries in the world will not hesitate to use a nuclear weapon against any threat. Let us remember how the United States of America, in a completely mindless manner, almost destroyed Japan with two atomic bombs. Let us hope that such a terrible event will never happen again.
I think night-day cycle could be violated, and some plants which are adapted to the current cycle could possibly not survive. That could also cause a chain reaction which could result in some animal species to be extinct.
Answering your last question about nuke weapon it is hard to say. Weapons like this needs to be managed in a responsible way, because every mistake can cost a lot of. Talking about positives, I read some articles that it could be usefull for example to destroy some objects (like asteroids) coming from the space to the earth.
2. Most importantly it shields as from asteroids that other way could strike the earth. Besides, it creates tides, without which the whole ecosystem could collapse.
3. I shiver on even a though of a nuclear weapon. It is awful as the victims have nowhere to run. Not only people die but all the other animals and plants. It contaminates the water and makes a dead zone for years. It should never exist, but as it does, I understand we cannot just resign from it as the peace depends on similar thret that countries pose.
I do like this kind of animated videos, I find them really enjoyable to watch.
2. Do you know any other reasons why moon is that important for Earth?
If I remember correctly it shields earth from asteroids. It's gravity is also the reason that it creates tides.
3. What do you think about nuke weapon? Is it should be that available like it is?
Of course nuke weapons shouldn't be availabe. I can't think of any "good" usage of nuclear weapon, even during a war.
Yeah, I like these kind of videos where the content creator is animating things while explaining stuff. I find it easier to understand and more enjoyable to watch. Also in these scenarios I'm usually listening/watching it to the very end. They are also great when it comes to telling a history! Have you watched the short animated video "the history of japan" by bill wurtz? I really recommend it as it's done perfectly!
2. Do you know any other reasons why moon is that important for Earth?
I think the dim light it gives is really important for eco-system of earth. There is many plants and animals that live/hunt during nighttime. I think that would be really hard for them to do in complete darkness. I know the senses are sharpened but there are limits. What's more some plants need to rest - the photosynthesis myst be tiring to do 24/7! Thanks god for moon (of course not serious!)
3. What do you think about nuke weapon? Is it should be that available like it is?
Well, its hard to tell but I think the power of nuke is way too great to be handled by a human being.
I think that the moon was and still is very important for people on Earth. I know that the moon controls waves and makes them bigger or smaller, and reflects light so even at night there is not complete darkness which helps plants and animals in their development. Also in ancient times a lot of people’s decisions depended on the phase of the moon.
I wish we could live in a world where weapons like those or any weapons aren’t necessary.
The moon has a great influence on the Earth, its inhabitants and environment. First of all, it affects the rotation of the Earth, as both celestial bodies interact with each other. Besides, the most famous phenomenon is the influence of the Moon on the occurrence of the tides.
When it comes to nuclear weapons, I believe that something like this should not be manufactured at all. The advancement of science during its invention had been tremendous and touched many departments, but this should remain pure theory.
I think that moon is mostly important from cultural reasons, moon appears to the viewers from earth in fairly regular cycles of about 1 month. It probably made first humans interested in astronomy and was used as first tool for timekeeping. Moon is also present in many early human beliefs and mythologies and source of many superstitions related for example to eclipses.
Nuclear weapons or other means of mass destruction are bad thing and shouldn’t exists. The good thing is that they are extremely hard to make and very expensive, so right now only a handful of countries have them and I think some of them are slowly working on disarming them.