Dissent, discussion over cause of global warming (OneNewsNow.com)

Another natural fluctuation is arctic sea ice. In 2007, arctic sea ice hit a summertime low of 1.65 million square miles. However, at that same time in 2008 there were 2.03 million square miles of the ice. Scientist Joseph D'Aleo of IceCap.us weighed in on the situation.

"I don't believe it has anything at all to do with global warming, or at least carbon dioxide or greenhouse gases," D'Aleo offered. "It's a normal cyclical change that we've observed in the Arctic going back centuries.

"The arctic ice diminished in the [19]30s, '40s, and '50s. It diminished in the 1800s, so much so that the Northwest Passage was open and they were catching cod fish off of Siberia."

D'Aleo noted that the Pacific Ocean has cooled to pre-1977 temperatures, and he believes the Atlantic will follow within a decade. He added that sea ice will recover and possibly increase as a result.

Cold wave kills another 22 in northern India

New Delhi - At least 22 more people died as temperatures dipped in northern India raising the death toll in the cold wave in the region to more than 70, a news report said Sunday.

While 50 people died in the Uttar Pradesh state over the past eight days, 22 more deaths occurred due to the bitter cold in the adjoining state of Bihar since Friday, the IANS news agency reported.
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Weather officials have meanwhile said the cold conditions would persist over the next few days.

Authorities in both states have issued orders for bonfires to be lit along roads for the homeless.