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Theoretical studies of the evolution of the Moon-Earth system, described in some detail in the works of Goldreich [1] and MacDonald [2], show that about 2 billion years ago the Moon approached the Earth at the smallest distance (of the order of 10RE), which led to an increase in tidal drag and to the dissipation of kinetic energy inside the Earth due to friction in viscous layers and to the heating of the Earth. All this could determine the processes that began at the border of the Archaean - Proterozoic. Our analysis shows that modern uplifts of the earth's surface in the circumpolar regions are mainly associated with a decrease in the compression of the earth's surface due to a decrease in the speed of the Earth's rotation because of tidal braking due to the gravitational influence of the Moon. The Moon during the existence of the Moon-Earth system moves away from the Earth (by virtue of the law of conservation of angular momentum for the Moon-Earth system). The resulting variations in the rate of rotation of the Earth can lead to corresponding variations in the rise and fall of the surface in the circumpolar and equatorial regions of the Earth, especially noticeable in ancient geological epochs. Thus, according to paleontological data, 440 million years ago, the length of a day on Earth was 21.53 hours, i.e. the Earth has slowed down its rotation significantly since then. A similar deceleration of the Earth's rotation is fixed on the basis of an estimate of the discrepancies in the calculations of the dates of ancient eclipses, starting from the observation of an eclipse in Babylon 3022 years ago. The tidal drag increased at that time (due to a decrease in the radius of the Moon's orbit) also leads to an increase in the Earth's temperature, which contributes to the migration of fluid masses to the surface. In more ancient times, some changes in the surface of the Earth were also noted. For example, at the Archean–Proterozoic boundary 3.2–2.5 billion years ago, intensive processes of crustal melting and changes in the global fluid regime (processing of crustal material by deep fluid) were noted, which led to the formation of the modern upper crust (Rodkin, 1993)[3]. This main stage in the formation of the earth's crust and the formation of ancient platforms ended at the turn of the Lower and Middle Proterozoic (1.9–0.1 billion years ago) (Monin, 1977)[4]. Associated with a decrease in the Earth's compression, the tendency of internal fluid masses to hydrostatic equilibrium leads to their migration to the subpolar regions of the Earth, both from the deep regions of the Earth and from the equatorial regions. Such migration leads to an uplift of the Earth's surface in the polar regions, as well as to a decrease in the surface area of the equatorial regions. This can lead to compression of the crustal surface in mountain regions and to an increase in the number of faults, which increases the number of extreme events (earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions) in equatorial regions. All these processes cause climate change both during periods of global warming (when the Moon moves away from the Earth) and ice ages (when the Moon approaches the Earth after it reaches its maximum distance (72.5 RE), where the role of solar tides increases). These periods are characterized by the appearance of continental ice sheets in the Lower Proterozoic, Upper Riphean, Vendian, Carboniferous-Permian [4]. Our studies based on modern data on the movement of the earth's crust (Chuikova et al) [5] lead to the main conclusion that the cause of global vertical movements of the earth's surface (the rise of the polar regions and the lowering of the equatorial) is a decrease in the speed of the Earth's rotation due to the tidal influence of the Moon. A fairly detailed modern analysis of the relationship between the Earth's rotation and climatic processes is given in Zotov's monograph [6].The main cause of local movements, apparently, are seismic events (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, etc.) associated with areas of maximum gradients of maximum stresses (Chuikova et al.) [7]. Thus, the evolution of the Moon-Earth system has a global impact on climate. References: [1] Goldreich P. History of the lunar orbit.// On Sat. "Tides and resonances in the solar system". M.: 1975, P.97-129. [2] McDonald G.J. Tidal friction.// On Sat. "Tides and resonances in the solar system". M.: 1975, P.9-96. [3] Rodkin M.V. The role of the deep fluid regime in geodynamics and seismotectonics//. - M.: Nat. geophysical committee, 1993 - P. 86-95 [4] Monin A.S. History of the Earth. - .M .: Nauka, 1977 - P. 34-40. [5] Chuikova N.A., Maksimova T.G., Chesnokova T.S., Grushinsky A.N. Vertical movements of the earth's crust according to ITRF2000, ITRF2005, ITRF2008, ITRF2014 data and their comparative analysis// On Sat. "Astronomy, geodesy and geophysics", M.: 2018, P. 78-89. [6] Zotov L.V. Rotation of the Earth and climatic processes. Moscow: NRU HSE, 2022, 306 p. [7] Chuikova N.A., Nasonova L.P., Maksimova T.G., A new solution of the inverse problem of gravimetry for the terrestrial planets and its verification for the Earth// On Sat. "Astronomy, geodesy and geophysics", M.: 2018, P. 90-113.