Detection of a climate-induced increase in the lunar recession rate

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Table 1.

Climate-induced variations in the rate of tidal friction, $Δ {LOD}_{s}^{☾}$ $\Delta{\text{ LOD}}_{\text{ s}}^{{\leftmoon}}$ , and the Earth-Moon distance, $Δ a_{\oplus}^{☾}$ $\Delta a_{\oplus}^{{\leftmoon}}$ .

Contribution	$Δ {LOD}_{s}^{☾}$ $\Delta{\text{ LOD}}_{\text{ s}}^{{\leftmoon}}$ (ms/cy)	$Δ a_{\oplus}^{☾}$ $\Delta a_{\oplus}^{{\leftmoon}}$ (mm/yr)
Total	+0.06	+0.96

Stratification	+0.042	+0.67

Barystatic	+0.018	+0.29
Greenland ice sheet	+0.008	+0.13
Antarctic ice sheet	+0.003	+0.05
global glaciers	+0.006	+0.09
terrestrial water storage	+0.001	+0.02

Notes. The results were computed using Eq. (A.3). The total variation is divided into the individual contributions of the stratification and barystatic processes.

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