That ancient cataclysm might have been lucky for us, as the moon helps to stabilise the axial tilt of Earth, removing one
source of extreme climate change that might otherwise have afflicted our planet.
The lack of major hurricanes making direct landfall on the continental U.S. over the last 8 + years is a classic
example of extreme climate change not happening as predicted.
But despite promising to inform us as to «what the science is showing,» the AAAS report largely sidesteps the best and latest science that points to a much lowered
risk of extreme climate change, choosing instead to inflate and then highlight what meager evidence exists for potential catastrophic outcomes — evidence that in many cases has been scientifically challenged (for example here and here).