What would happen if you put a tremendous amount of weight on desert pavement? it would break open liberating the sand beneath it it would break open liberating sand snakes that live beneath it nothing would happen because it is impossible to break through desert pavement it would break open allowing oil to spurt out of the ground What is allowing coral reefs at the southern tip of Greenland? an increase in the amount of sunlight reaching the ocean floor underwater volcanoes warms ocean currents originating in the Gulf of Mexico sunscreen What impact is Palm Island having on the mainland coastline? eroding the coastline by 5-10 meters all of these are correct increasing the number of nesting sea turtles increasing the salinity of the water on the mainland coastline