“High tides with just a little wind are causing flooding ... “Insurance companies don’t do anything until your house falls into the ocean.” Insurance policies often don’t cover damage ...

When teachers explain ocean tides, they frequently describe how the moon's gravity pulls on Earth and all of its water. This, they often say, leads to a gravitational imbalance, which stretches ...

PROF. J. PROUDMAN, professor of oceanography in the University of Liverpool, delivered the George Darwin Lecture at the Royal Astronomical Society on October 13, 1944, the subject of his lecture ...