Question: If there were No Volcanoes, How would it affect our lives, If at all?

Matthew Pankhurst answered on 26 Jun 2013:

If there were no volcanoes we wouldn’t be here! Volcanoes are what helped make warm spots in the ocean where life probably began, and also, the gasses that volcanoes release into the atmosphere is what made the atmosphere in the first place! If there were no volcanoes now, if would mean that the surface of the earth was not moving, and there would be no more new material to make fresh soil and grow anything. It would affect us in many important ways!