Which outcome accelerates when subsurface leaching increases within soil?

💡 Explanation

Increased subsurface leaching accelerates the loss of soluble nutrients through eluviation, reducing soil fertility, because essential elements are removed, limiting nutrient availability for plants; therefore, option B rather than A, C, and D, represents nutrient depletion during pedogenesis.

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