Which outcome is accelerated by strong seasonal temperature differences interacting with large-scale pressure gradients and the Coriolis effect?

💡 Explanation

Intense extratropical cyclones form because baroclinic instability, enhanced by temperature gradients and the Coriolis effect, causes amplified wave-like disturbances. This results in rapid storm development rather than changing ice volume, biodiversity, or ocean salinity, which are linked to other longer-term climatic processes.

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