Environmental Impact

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 Environmental Impact

Tectonic movements may alter the environment because they are able to carry constructive as well as destructive forces of building habitats on Earth. For example, landslides, changes in the course of rivers, and sometimes even new habitats arise due to earthquakes, themselves induced by earthquakes, due to released accumulated stress between plates. Nevertheless, they are a massive menace and particularly to coastal communities because they can cause earthquakes-induced tsunamis. Tsunamis, for instance, similar to the Indian Ocean calamity in 2004, destroy marine and land environments by displacing or killing wildlife, changing ecological systems, and long-lasting environmental changes.






Other effects of tectonic activity include volcanic eruptions. That implies ash and sulfur dioxide are discharged into the atmosphere through eruptions. These aerosols veil sunlight from reaching the earth, cooling down its crust for a short time; it can even be called the "volcanic winter." Recently, this is already the second known case of how the eruption of Pinatubo volcano in the Philippines in 1991 led to the drastic collapse of global temperatures. Volcanic eruptions do not necessarily make an all-time disaster. They tend to like ecosystems because they bring nutrient-rich soils that will contain diverse species of plant and animal life. The earth's tectonic plates have been molding mountains, ocean basins, and valleys to create individual landscapes and habitats which would support biodiversity for thousands of years. But of course, the dangers resulting from such activities are to be covered with and exposed to the environment because this interference does not only take place on the lives of those whose lifestyle relies on those ecological systems but on other communities as well.


Sources:

  • National Geographic. "How Volcanoes Influence Climate." NationalGeographic.com

  • U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). "Environmental Impact of Earthquakes." USGS.gov

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). "Tsunami Impacts and Recovery." NOAA.gov

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