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← GeographyWhich atmospheric outcome occurs when increased land surface heating disrupts Hadley cells?
A)Expansion of subtropical desert regions✓
B)Increased frequency of stratospheric ozone depletion
C)Weakening of polar vortex winds
D)Intensification of thermohaline circulation
💡 Explanation
Increased heating strengthens the descending limb via convective instability, resulting in enhanced adiabatic compression; this causes desert expansion because the sinking air suppresses precipitation, therefore deserts grow rather than other climate phenomena.
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