问一个关于OG解释的问题

justabeginning

OG verbal-96 Floating in the waters of the equatorial Pacific, an array of buoys collects and transmits
data on long-term interactions between the ocean and the atmosphere, interactions that
affect global climate.
A. atmosphere, interactions that affect
B. atmosphere, with interactions affecting
C. atmosphere that affects
D. atmosphere that is affecting
E. atmosphere as affects

此题中的E选项是错的（正确答案是A）,OG的解释为：the phrase as affects global climate functions as an adverb, but there is no berb for it to modify.
这个解释我看不懂，为什么‘ as affects global climate ’起着副词的作用呢？

geniealice

as affects global climate 这个形式，貌似是【介词+动词+名词】这就是状语了吧
状语就是起副词作用，修饰动词或者其他除了名词以外的词