Which soil outcome increases alongside accelerated glacial retreat?

💡 Explanation

Greater surface exposure from glacial retreat increases substrate weathering because physical fragmentation accelerates, increasing surface interactions enhancing chemical weathering; therefore weathering increases rather than decelerating because climate zones are altered significantly during warming conditions.

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