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← GeographyWhich boundary shift occurs with increased high-latitude ice sheet formation?
A)Hadley cell edge migrates equatorward✓
B)Ferrel cell expands poleward
C)Polar cell edge strengthens significantly
D)Intertropical Convergence Zone weakens westward
💡 Explanation
A growing ice albedo cools high latitudes, because this induces subsidence. This strengthens the polar high and compresses the Hadley cell via thermal forcing; the Hadley cell edge migrates equatorward therefore, rather than other cell expansions from jet stream instabilities.
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