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← GeographyWhich atmospheric phenomenon is intensified near coastlines undergoing strong differential heating?
A)Increased coastal El Niño events
B)Strengthened Coriolis force influence✓
C)Enhanced thermohaline circulation reversals
D)Amplified polar vortex destabilization
💡 Explanation
Differential heating along coasts increases temperature gradients, which intensifies pressure gradients and wind speeds; because The Coriolis force, which deflects moving air masses, turns stronger when winds are faster and denser. Thus localized coastal rotation increases, rather than thermohaline circulation reversal.
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