Top 10 Surprising Results of Global Warming

Everybody has heard that global warming will cause stuff like rising temperatures, melting ice caps, rising sea levels, etc.

But, LiveScience has a list of the top 10 surprising results of global warming:

10. Increased suffering from allergies.

9. Animals are moving into the hills.

8. Arctic plant life is blooming.

7. 125 lakes in the Arctic have disappeared - probably the permafrost under them melted.

6. The layer of permanently frozen soil below ground is thawing, causing problems to railroad tracks, roads, and structures.

5. Survival of the fittest - As spring starts earlier, animals who can adjust their biological clocks are more likely to thrive and breed. Meaning animal's genes will adjust to earlier springs.

4. Faster satellites - the build up of CO2 warms the lower atmosphere, but cools down the upper atmosphere, thus causing less drag on satellites.

3. The Alps and other mountains are growing - because the glaciers weighing them down are melting.

2. Ancient ruins are eroding faster.

1. More forest fires.