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Top 10 Surprising Results of Global Warming  
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You’ve probably heard about the global warming song and dance: rising temperatures, melting ice caps and rising sea levels in the near future. But Earth’s changing climate is already wreaking havoc in some very weird ways. So gird yourself for such strange effects as savage wildfires, disappearing lakes, and freak allergies. (Read more at LiveScience.com, http://www.livescience.com/environment/top10_global_warming_results.html )

1.	Aggravated Allergies - higher carbon dioxide levels and warmer temperatures associated with global warming are playing a role by prodding plants to bloom earlier and produce more pollen.
2.	Heading for the Hills - chipmunks, mice and squirrels have moved to greater elevations, possibly due to changes in their habitat caused by global warming.
3.	Arctic in Bloom - when the ice melts earlier in the spring, the plants seem to be eager to start growing.
4.	Pulling the Plug - 125 lakes in the Arctic have disappeared in the past few decades, backing up the idea that global warming is working faster nearest Earth’s poles.
5.	The Big Thaw - thawing out the layer of permanently frozen soil below the ground’s surface could lead to sink holes and damage to structures such as railroad tracks, highways and houses.
6.	Survival of the Fittest - because plants bloom earlier in the year, animals that wait until their usual time to migrate might miss out on all the food.
7.	Speedier Satellites - the "air up there" is getting thinner, thinner means less drag, less drag means faster satellites.
8.	Rebounding Mountains - The glaciers melting on top of mountain ranges like the Alps is allowing to ground to expand (from thousands of years of depression) and the mountain grow taller.
9.	Ruined Ruins - rising seas and more extreme weather have the potential to damage irreplaceable sites near water like Sukhothai, which was once the capital of a Thai kingdom.
10.	Forest Fire Frenzy - when spring arrives early and triggers an earlier snowmelt, forest areas become drier and stay so for longer, increasing the chance that they might ignite.

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Source: LiveScience.com

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