Which outcome occurs when prolonged warming increases active layer depth on a tundra slope subject to solifluction?

💡 Explanation

When warming deepens the active layer, the unfrozen soil mass increases because more ground ice melts, enhancing saturated soil's downslope movement via solifluction. Therefore, soil creep accelerates rates, rather than stabilizing or reducing sediment transport which require consolidated/frozen conditions inhibiting downslope movement.

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