medium · LSAT Logical Reasoning
The rise in ocean acidity is a direct result of increased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. To protect marine life, we must significantly reduce our carbon emissions.
Which of the following, if true, most helps to justify the author's conclusion?
- Curbing carbon emissions is the surest available means of slowing the ongoing increase in ocean acidity.
- Ocean acidity has climbed to its highest point in several centuries.
- Numerous marine species are already exhibiting stress brought on by rising acidity.
- Factors besides atmospheric carbon dioxide also influence the chemistry of ocean water.
- Cutting carbon emissions would, on its own, restore the oceans to their pre-industrial chemical balance.
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