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The Water Comes Back

Why the sea rises and falls twice a day, and why the Moon is only part of it

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Wren: 26 min · Hollis: 29 min

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Your chapters

  1. The road goes under

    tide, high water, low water

  2. The long, gentle pull

    gravity, free fall, tidal force

  3. Leaning two ways at once

    tidal bulge, tidal cycle, lunar day, flood, ebb, slack water

  4. The big breath and the small one

    spring tide, neap tide, tidal range, amphidromic point, tide table

  5. The road comes back

    the wind-down