Earth’s tides are shaped by more than the Moon. And they’re changing as the planet warms

By Luwei Yang, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Oceanography, Australian National University
Callum Shakespeare, Associate Professor, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University

In some parts of the world, the sea barely rises and falls with the tides. In others, the difference between high and low tide is dramatic. Along Western Australia’s Kimberley coast, for example, it can exceed ten metres – roughly the height of a three-storey building.

Ocean tides shape coastlines and marine ecosystems, affect coastal communities, and even influence the melting of Antarctic ice shelves.…

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