if the moon disappeared now would we still survive and for how long?

Question: if the moon disappeared now would we still survive and for how long?
- Keywords:
  human,
  moon,
  planet,
  space,
  survival,
  weird
Asked by francesca777 to Ed, Sam on 24 Jun 2011.
- Sam Tazzyman answered on 24 Jun 2011:
  
  Good question – I don’t know. I don’t think we would die from the moon disappearing, but it would have a big effect on people’s lives because the tides would be much much smaller, since it’s the gravitational pull from the moon that causes these. But I think people would survive, it’s just that life would be different – for one thing it would be much darker at night!
- Ed Morrison answered on 24 Jun 2011:
  
  I don’t think it would make that much difference. Like Sam says the tides would change. I guess that might upset the plants and animals that live on the edge of the sea.

Question: if the moon disappeared now would we still survive and for how long?