Which risk increases when warming temperatures enhance solifluction processes on Arctic slopes supporting infrastructure?

💡 Explanation

When temperatures rise, solifluction accelerates the downslope movement of water-saturated soil, because the permafrost weakens, releasing previously trapped methane hydrates. Therefore decreased methane hydrate stability results, rather than changes to erosion, sequestration efficiency, or albedo forcing which entail different mechanisms.

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