I saw an NPR special a few months ago that mentions one of the moon missions back in the 1970's placed a solar reflector on the moon surface.

Its purpose was to accurately measure the moon>>>Earth distance.

They found the moon is moving a way from us by about an inch a year.
Earlier in the special it was mentioned that any changes in the distance could create major temperature shifts here on Earth.

I too think any temperature shifts are due to many things- Solar flares, changes on the suns surface, cow farts etc

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