The movement of plates may expose limestone or cover limestone resulting in pulling or emitting carbon dioxide. Is there any other mechanism?
Movement of plate tectonics causes a change in the ocean currents and in turn generates more heat. Shifting of these tectonic plates result in the creation of the volcanic eruptions increases the degree of carbon dioxide (CO2) and sulphur dioxide (SO2) in the atmosphere that also leads to a rise in the temperature levels. On the contrary, if the move is insignificant, the temperature levels record a fall. Conclusively plate tectonic movement result in a change in climate though the rate is slow.
Movement of plate tectonics causes a change in the ocean currents and in turn generates more heat. Shifting of these tectonic plates result in the creation of the volcanic eruptions increases the degree of carbon dioxide (CO2) and sulphur dioxide (SO2) in the atmosphere that also leads to a rise in the temperature levels. On the contrary, if the move is insignificant, the temperature levels record a fall. Conclusively plate tectonic movement result in a change in climate though the rate is slow.
As lay man I think, Climate change bring changes in earth, so, plate tectonics' fixation and stability disturbed.
Yes chemical weathering transforms atmospheric greenhouse composition in the long-term. Changes in Ocean and atmospheric circulation caused by plates colliding redistributes heat on the Earth's surface leading to cooling or warming trends over time scales of millions of years. Tectonics are not the only cause of altered ocean circulation. Polar ice is another one. Look at the events related to Drake's passage and the younger drias event at the end of the last glacial. They may cause more rapid climate change.
http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/met130/notes/chapter16/plate_tech.html
The main effects from plate tectonics are the uplift of mountains which results in snow covered mountains. These increase planetary albedo cooling the planet. This partly accounts for the current Pleistocene Ice Age, with the growth of the Alps, Rockies, Andes and Himalayas all snow covered. During the Cretaceous there was little mountain building, and the sea surface was greater due to erosion around the coasts. This led to an increased greenhouse effect from water vapour and higher temperatures globally.
Waxing and waning of global ice sheets might also trigger eruptions along mid-ocean ridges, leading to increased spreading rates during glacials: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6227/1237.full.pdf http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014GL063015/pdf
No existe ninguna evidencia directa, el calentamiento (aire y agua) es muchísimo mas rápido que los movimientos de placas. Tal vez exista una relación, pero las variables son múltiples. Ejemplo: el deshielo de los polos aportando agua fría a los océanos "compensa " parte del calentamiento de los oceanos
On the albedo effect and tectonics. geographical distribution of continents is important as ice is formed on land is much easier than on oceans. The drift of Antarctica to the south pole, started an overall cooling event from the Eocene, leading to a permanent ice cap in the south pole at about 14M years ago that still persists today.
No soy geólogo, me dedico a peces de agua dulce. Se que el rozamiento entre placas genera calor y que este se transmite a los mares: pero opino que esta es una variable de poca importancia en el cambio ambiental
The movement of continental lithosphere is thought to have also prompted geological effects such as uplift, and warping. These (warping, uplift) caused a chain of events, such as for example, change in river directions; which leads to the appearance/ disappearance of lakes, e.t.c... Another effect is as observed in Southern Africa. Uplift in the Easter side, relative to the western is thought to have resulted in a climatic gradient, where water vapour and winds travel down that gradient, causing the eastern side to be relatively wetter( costal forests) than the western side(dry landscapes, e.g. the karoo)...
I find the question puzzling. "Climate change" is usually (today, anyway) reserved for the anthropogenic warming of the atmosphere. In this case plate tectonics has really no role at all. If the question is how is plate tectonics related to global climate, then may of the above answers work. However, the earth, as a system is so vastly complex the question is rendered almost meaningless. Plate tectonics is a construct to explain dynamic processes, and the physiographic nature we observe at or near the surface of the earth. These processes cause earthquakes, volcanoes, faulting, mountain building, basin formation, etc. They affect land mass distribution, ocean and atmosphere circulation, distribution of ice, etc. Each of these has their own influence on climate, but they also combine influences to have different effects, or effects on other phenomena that then can affect climate. There are certainly generalizations that can be (and have been) made, but acknowledgement must be made to the complexity of systems involved in climate.
As the plate tectonic processes move at the speed our fingernails grow, there are NO effects on climate change, which is an alarming problem today.
Rapid (in geological terms, of course) melting of large ice sheets on Greenland, Antarctica and a few other places such as the Himalayas is expected to be accompanied by tectonic responses that could impact the rate of warming via a number of mechanisms. In some cases tectonic activity could accelerate phenomena such as abrupt events that could lead to sea level rise. See the work of Bill McGuire https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bill_Mcguire
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