Which chemical weathering outcome dictates cave ecosystem stability?

💡 Explanation

Cave ecosystems depend on stable conditions; carbonic acid concentration equilibrium drives limestone dissolution/precipitation, because it buffers pH levels crucial for cave biota; therefore stable equilibrium preserves these delicate systems rather than speleothem rates, tectonics.

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