Recent climate changes can be driven by either natural events or as a result of human activity. Air temperature in a rural area can be influenced by the expansion of cities. This is an example of:

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The scenario describes air temperature in a rural area being influenced by the expansion of cities, illustrating how human activity at a local scale can alter local climate conditions. 
Option 1: Global anthropogenic influence. This would refer to large-scale human-caused climate effects that affect broad regions or the entire globe, not a localized urban expansion impacting nearby rural areas. The described situation is specifically about a nearby city’s growth affecting adjacent rural temperatures, so this option overstates the spatial scale. 
Option 2: None of these choices are correct. Since the scenario clearly points to human activity influencing climate at a local level, this statement is inaccurate because there is a fitting option among the listed choices. 
Option 3: Orographic bias. Orographic effects are related to terrain and elevation changes (like mountains altering weather patterns), not to the influence of urban expansion on surroundings. The mechanism here is anthropogenic, not terrain-driven, so this label is incorrect. 
Option 4: Local anthropogenic influence. This matches the described phenomenon: the expansion of cities (a human-caused change) affecting air temperature in nearby rural areas, representing a local, human-driven influence on climate. 
Overall, the reasoning hinges on distinguishing scale (local vs global) and mechanism (anthropogenic versus natural/terrain-based) to identify the correct interpretation of the scenario.

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Recent climate changes can be driven by either natural events or as a result of human activity. Air temperature in a rural area can be influenced by the expansion of cities. This is an example of:

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