Did you even read the article? That was explicitly mentioned and accounted for. As we're several other factors. The change in rotation is IN ADDITION to that effect.
This isn't a debate where pointing out that one factor exists means you can dispute that some other factor matters. Both factors get accounted.
dude why don't you think and do research instead of reading climate alarmist propaganda? did you know that millions of years ago a day on earth was shorter the 24 hours? try and blame climate change for that one
http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae695.cfm
Yes it is, due to a transfer of Earth's rotational momentum to the Moon's orbital momentum as tidal friction slows the Earth's rotation. That increase in the Moon's speed is causing it to slowly recede from Earth (about 4 cm per year), increasing its orbital period and the length of a month as well.
To picture what is happening, imagine yourself riding a bicycle on a track built around a Merry-go-Round. You are riding in the same direction that it is turning. If you have a lasso and rope one of the horses, you would gain speed and the Merry-Go-Round would lose some. In this analogy, you and your bike represent the Moon, the Merry-Go-Round is the rotating Earth, and your lasso is gravity. In orbital mechanics, a gain in speed results in a higher orbit.
The slowing rotation of the Earth results in a longer day as well as a longer month. Once the length of a day equals the length of a month, the tidal friction mechanism will cease. (ie. Once your speed on the track matches the speed of the horses, you can't gain any more speed with your lasso trick.) That's been projected to happen once the day and month both equal about 47 (current) days, billions of years in the future. If the Earth and Moon still exist, the Moon's distance will have increased to about 135% of its current value.
