Climate data shows that the frequency and strength of hurricanes are increasing. how can hurricanes impact coastal ecosystems? a. hurricanes increase ocean temperatures. b. hurricanes decrease the amount of invasive species in an area. c. lighting from the storms drives plankton away. d. hurricanes can damage coral reefs.

D. Hurricanes can damage coral reefs.

Explanation:

A hurricane is the tropical cyclone that occurs in the surface of oceans. It basically extracts the water vapor and heat energy from the ocean and distribute the heat energy to the external atmosphere. The hurricanes drastically affects the coral reefs by breaking the coral branches and causing coral bleaching by removing the algal colony from the coral reefs.