that expansion of the crust will cause massive earthquakes on the fault lines, if not please try and give a sensible reason,
2007-01-18 10:41:50 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
if everything expand why not the crust,and water what is the out come
2007-01-18 11:03:19 · update #1
surely this will find the weekess point!
2007-01-18 11:05:20 · update #2
Global warming has little to do with Plate tectonics. Plate tectonics involve the movement of the Earth's crust over Magma (like bubbles over water). The movement of magma is affected by the rotation of the Earth's core and by gravitational forces from the Sun, moon and other planetary bodies.
Global warming which many people blame on human interaction with their environment is occurring. Historical temperature readings have been reliably recorded by man for only a blink of the eye in geological terms.
Geological study has shown that the Earth has been much warmer than now without human interaction on the modern scale. The rock records also show that the temperature of the Earth also fluctuates repeatedly over millions of years with short periods of very high temperatures and very low temperatures.
2007-01-18 11:10:28 · answer #1 · answered by bummer101467 <2HeartKnight> 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A sensible reason would be that the thermal expansion of the Earth's crust is hardly measurable on the scale of a couple of degrees Celcius, yet the extra amount of energy that is in the atmosphere at higher temperatures is huge. Hence earthquakes will continue happily as they have done for a long time, and the climate will shift, as we can see.
2007-01-18 18:52:20 · answer #2 · answered by cheekbones3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO! Why would that happen? Global warming and lava (I think that's what you're referring to because lava and slipped plates are what causes earthquakes) are TOTALLY different things. Pollution has no effect on earthquakes. THe crust WILL NOT expand becuase global warming.
2007-01-18 18:45:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The crust isnt heating up, surface temperatures are heating up and the temperature of the atmosphere is rising.
2007-01-18 18:46:03 · answer #4 · answered by helplessromatic2000 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Global warming is not heating up the world enough to melt the boundaries of the tectonic plates. It does however have enough power to destroy life though.
2007-01-18 18:58:35 · answer #5 · answered by Giant Squid Man 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Global warming due to the depletion of the ozone layer.
2007-01-18 18:49:51 · answer #6 · answered by wildpalomino 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think it means...
Even my grandma will much hotter!!!
2007-01-18 23:28:59 · answer #7 · answered by Jimmy S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it already is.......... tsunami a year or two ago... big quake just off japan late last year............. its already happening... its just a steadier proccess than people imagine it to be
2007-01-18 18:45:33 · answer #8 · answered by Danny F 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋