What would happen to the earth if the moon was blown up? (Assume Earth wouldn't be hit by chunks of the moon.) There is actually a society on the internet that reccommends blowing up the moon, in order to knock earth out of it's orbit, and wake up our collective consciousness.
What else would happen? I think the continents would be flooded by the oceans, as the gravity of the moon, is responsible for the tides. This society never brought up the idea of the tides.
The life cycles of certain animals are dependent on the moon as well. Any other ideas of what might happen?