causing the earth grow bigger and causing for natural disaster like earthquake, any findings ..
2006-08-10 05:09:03 · 8 answers · asked by Drone 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
If you think of the Earth as being an apple, then the crust is very much like the peel, with the same proportional thickness. Even our very deepest drilling and mining has not yet reached through the peel. The scale of our mining, tunneling and excavations within the Earth are barely detectable on a scale that encompasses the whole Earth.
While we may indeed be having a significant impact on the atmosphere, and we are certainly creating major changes to the biosphere, our impact on the geological processes of the Earth has been exceedingly minimal.
Perhaps through the use of multiple megaton nuclear explosions we could temporarily alter the movement of a portion of one plate, but I have my doubts about the efficacy of even that, and it probably wouldn't have much long-term effects. The mass and scale of the Earth itself is simply too large for us to have much impact at this time. Perhaps one day, when we build the Death Star we'll be able to alter seismic level events as well.
2006-08-10 05:22:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Actually, human activity contributes to erosion on a scale far larger than digging and tunneling. But the big cause of the earth's growth is the tectonic activity between the ocean plates. They are growing all the time across the whole length of the oceans. That is what has driven the continents apart. Human activity that would make the Earth larger - compared to the Atlantic Ocean - can not even be seen from space.
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2006-08-10 05:23:00 · answer #2 · answered by China Jon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One cannot make the Earth bigger by taking dirt and rocks from one place and putting them in another. That's like cutting 6" from one end of a piece of string and tying it to the other end to make the string longer (the principle to Daylight Savings Time). The digging, etc, however, could change the balance of the Earth and cause earthquakes, etc. The reason they don't is because the works of mankind are minuscule compared to the size of the Earth.
2006-08-10 05:18:33 · answer #3 · answered by Jim D 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no, the most we've done is dig down....7 miles? and that's just a little pinhole in the earth comparatively. We couldn't effect it if we tried using those methods. Here's a comparison, the earth's crust on which all the dirt and stuff sits is thinner in comparison to the overall thickness of the earth is thinner than the paint on a basketball in comparison...I needa find a new phrase there...the continental plates which shift and cause earthquakes and crap like that are prolly much thicker.
2006-08-10 05:36:16 · answer #4 · answered by Archangel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you dig into the earth....and pile the stuff you dig up....how does that change the mass of the earth? You must add to the mass to make something bigger. Only things brought from outer space and deposited on the earth increase it's mass. So the answer is no.
2006-08-10 05:17:17 · answer #5 · answered by petemc67 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
frequently an incredibly dumb theory except you comprehend what you're doing... and the majority do no longer. We often lose a minimum of one youngster a 300 and sixty 5 days right here in Oregon... often 3-4... from collapsed tunnels or caves they start to dig.
2016-12-11 06:20:09 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The scale of human activity compared to the Earth itself is miniscule.
2006-08-10 05:13:24 · answer #7 · answered by dukefenton 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no... any human effort would have been almost unnoticable when the work is done on earth given it's enormous size.
2006-08-10 05:19:18 · answer #8 · answered by rei 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋