Look what i found... I knew the ocean was involved, but i never even thought to invlove plate movement. Interesting concept.

the article
In recent years, scientists have been building a persuasive, but still controversial case that changes in the solid earth (the crust and mantle) spurred changes in the liquid earth (the oceans and atmosphere). In other words, so-called tectonic forces—the drifting and collisions of Earth’s tectonic plates—may lead to climate changes.

Rising mountains, closing gateways
The following articles outline two theories that link tectonic and climatic changes. One theory, outlined by Gerald Haug of the Eidgenossiche Technische Hochschule (ETH) in Zürich, Switzerland, and colleagues, proposes that the opening and closing of oceanic gateways between land masses—a result of continental drift—may have altered global ocean circulation patterns, which, in turn, led to climate changes. According to another theory, outlined by Peter Clift of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the uplift of great mountain belts—caused by continental collisions—may have disrupted atmospheric circulation and triggered a cascade of other climate changes.

“Understanding the links between solid and liquid Earth systems is a first-order scientific problem for the 21st century,” says Clift, a marine geologist.