Along coastlines, which weather effect results when increased local pressure gradients enhance wind shear?

A)Intensified coastal upwelling events✓

B)Accelerated chemical weathering of cliffs

C)Reduced salt spray aerosol formation

D)Decreased rates of shoreline erosion

💡 Explanation

Intensified wind shear encourages coastal upwelling because diverging surface currents draw nutrient-rich water upwards through Ekman transport. Therefore, increased wind shear strengthens upwelling rather than accelerating weathering; the prevailing wind changes ocean-atmosphere temperature differences.

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Along coastlines, which weather effect results when increased local pressure gradients enhance wind shear?

💡 Explanation

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