How can the rock cycle be broken?
1 Answer
Why would you want to break it? It helps to make life on Earth possible!
Explanation:
The rock cycle is not a bad thing, but can cause harmful consequence to humans when earthquakes or volcanoes erupt.
Volcanic eruptions 4.0 billion years ago were the source of all of our water and most of our atmosphere. CO2 that is released from volcanoes has helped keep the natural greenhouse effect in operation for billions of years, which helped to make life on your planet possible (of course, now we have too much CO2 in the atmosphere due to human emissions). The rock cycle also pulls CO2 out of the atmosphere on a million year scale, so that it doesn't get too hot or too cold. It simply is not possible to break the rock cycle, nor would we want to.
The issue you are probably getting at is how to minimize risks of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis that are all linked to the rock cycle. Scientists are getting closer to being able to predict when volcanoes might go off and some warning systems are being developed. Earthquake prediction is turning out to be much harder thing to predict. In the Pacific rim countries, many countries are now participating in tsunami warning systems.
