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Consider how global warming could affect the global hydrologic (water) cycle. Which of the following possible changes is LEAST likely to occur due to global warming?

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Higher global evaporation rates.

B. more precipitation occurring as rain rather than snow

C. water spends less time in aquifers

D. earlier spring snowmelt and spring river flooding

E. changes and severity and patterns of precipitation

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