5 succumb to chills in Manila | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online

MANILA, Philippines — At least five mendicants died in Manila during the past three days apparently due to the chills that continue to envelop the city amid a lingering cold front, a police official reported on Friday.

Crops hit by cold weather - Southport Visiter

FARMERS have seen their vegetable crops devastated and fuel bills soar as a result of freezing conditions.

As temperatures plummeted to record lows across the area, carrots and cabbages fell victim to the frozen ground.

And while greenhouse crops survived the cold snap the cost of keeping them warm rose dramatically.

Life on the ice isn't all it's cracked up to be... ICE BEAR BY KIERAN MULVANEY | Mail Online

Many believe the Arctic is close to a ­tipping point beyond which the ice will melt, irrespective of ­anything we do in future to reduce carbon emissions. ­Business as usual, with growing emissions, will almost ­certainly see the end of the sea ice, and therefore of the polar bears.

Climate research team to spend two months in Antarctica - Wales News - News - WalesOnline

scientists do not fully understand the relationship between air and sea temperature, and the melting of ice, making it difficult to assess whether the melting being observed is unprecedented in the context of geological time.