what is tides and what is high and low tides
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Tides have caused a lot of trouble recently. During high tide periods, low-lying areas that border the ocean now flood way more often than they used to. Between 2000 and 2017, the average frequency of "high tide flooding" across the United States increased by 50 percent. Floods of this sort block roadways, harm infrastructure, and back up storm drains.
Around 40 percent of the global population lives within 62 miles (100 kilometers) of a coastline. Recent flood trends must have a lot of these people wondering about tidal science. How do tides happen? Why do some areas get more dramatic tides than others? And why can't the sea level just stay constant everywhere, all the time? Today we're going to look at the physics and idiosyncrasies of planet Earth's tides.
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Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun, and the rotation of the Earth. Tide tables can be used for any given locale to find the predicted times and amplitude.
The two tidal bulges caused by inertia and gravity will rotate around the Earth as the moons position changes. These bulges represent high tides while the flat sides indicate low tides. ... They are caused by the gravitational forces exerted on the earth by the moon, and to a lesser extent, the sun.
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