The urban heat island steepens the environmental lapse rate, creating unstable conditions by
A. greatly heating the ground surface and greatly heating the atmosphere further up.
B. greatly cooling the ground surface with great heating further up in the atmosphere.
C. greatly cooling the ground surface and greatly cooling the atmosphere further up.
D. greatly heating the ground surface with less heating further up in the atmosphere.
Answer: D
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