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Which of these decreases as greenhouse gas pollution increases?
A. Rate of ice-sheet melting
B. Ocean salinity
C. Ocean surface temperature
D. Sea levels

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The answer should be ocean salinity as the ice sheet melting increases, sea levels rise and the temperature increases. Process of elimination.

The climate-changing gases present in the atmosphere are greenhouse gases. An increase in greenhouse gas decreases the salinity of the oceans and sea. Thus, option B is correct.  

What are greenhouse gases?

Greenhouse gases are the major factor contributing to global warming and climate change. They are present in the atmosphere and have increased with a rise in the level of pollution.

The greenhouse gases have an inverse effect on the salinity or the thermohaline circulation. The increased temperature affects the glaciers and results in the melting of the ice caps thereby increasing the water level and surface temperature.

The increased water level and temperature increase the evaporation rate and elimination along with the circulation rate of the water from the poles and equator resulting in decreased salinity.

Therefore, the greenhouse gases decrease salinity.

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