Which risk increases when dune stabilization initiates vegetation growth?

💡 Explanation

Decreased regional aquifer recharge rates increase because the vegetation, enacting evapotranspiration, reduces infiltration rates. Therefore, more water is intercepted rather than absorbed because dune vegetation blocks pathways that otherwise promote percolation into the underground system.

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