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← GeographyWhich outcome would occur if subtropical Hadley cells weaken?
A)Equatorial cloudiness band migrates poleward✓
B)Polar jet stream becomes more stable
C)Ozone layer depletion reverses fully
D)Stratospheric temperature gradients significantly decrease
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Weakening Hadley cells reduce subtropical subsidence and latent heat transport via atmospheric circulation; therefore, the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) expands poleward. This effect is predicted rather than jets becoming stable, ozone recovering, or stratospheric gradients shrinking, because those link to other dominant controls.
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