Which enhanced risk occurs when acidic groundwater saturates soluble bedrock?

💡 Explanation

Increased carbonic acid accelerates bedrock dissolution via chemical weathering, causing sinkhole formation, because the bedrock material weakens. Bedrock dissolution leads to unstable ground therefore accelerated sinkhole risk, rather than soil salinity, whose mechanism involves evaporation and mineral concentration.

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