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[Lucas Pham]

In the Movie Star Trek VI, the Klingon moon of Praxis exploded causing a massive cloud of dust around their planet. It was estimated that in 50 years from that event, the Klingon world would run out of oxygen. But that was just a Movie. .... My Question Is, If Our moon were to explode (for whatever reason), would that have a similar effect upon us on Earth as it had in the movie? Would it be many times worse or less? Just what Would happen to Life on Earth if it Really did happen to our moon?

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[Rowro]

Are we talking about the moon disappearing or exploding? If it exploded my most immediate concern would be chunks of it hitting the earth which could do catastrophic damage and possibly end life on Earth. If by some miracle the moon blew up into tiny pieces or whatever then it would have a pretty significant effect on our tides. Tides would be consistent from day to day since it would no longer be effected by lunar cycles. Some species would die out that relied on the moon for light at night for hunting. Life would go on though.

What you really need to worry about is the super volcano at Yellowstone. If that goes off we're all dead.

[Ahajir]

How do you know the moon is really up there?

If it exploded we would probably be hit by a lot of meteors after a year or so.

There would be no more tidal change and some plants and animals would die out.

Some other animals and plants might appear or evolve after a certain period.

And the most important thing is that it would be really really dark in places where there is no public lighting.
Also I'm not sure but I think you would be able to see stars more clearly.

[Graiden]

Actually, I believe a more disastrous effect would take part if the Moon exploded. It doesn't matter if it disappears in small particles or large asteroids, we would definitely be heavily affected. The tidal change would be different and water would invade the earth, the attraction between Earth and Moon would cause imbalance, the planet would be continuously hit by rocks and they will pretty much hit anything, causing tsunamis and earthquakes. Technology would be totally devastated, people would run in panik and civilisation would mostly disappear. We're in a very poor equilibrium with the universe, we should enjoy our life more and stop destroying the planet so much. We're lucky enough to have it like this and be able to live on it.

[o0jopak0o]

Well they say that if the moon exploded, the earth would spin violently that it will break it self apart. The moon is like our gyroscope or some sort that help stabilize our planet.

That is why people are worried that the moon is slowly getting far away from us and in centuries more, we will suffer tidal consequences and such.

[His Dudeness]

If it exploded I imagine big pieces of moon would come flying towards the earth with devastating effects lol, if the moon just disappeared there would be nothing to control the tide so I assume places might flood.