The bitter winter afflicting much of the Northern Hemisphere is only
the start of a global trend towards cooler weather that is likely to
last for 20 or 30 years, say some of the world’s most eminent climate
scientists.
Their predictions – based on an analysis of natural
cycles in water temperatures in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans –
challenge some of the global warming orthodoxy’s most deeply cherished
beliefs, such as the claim that the North Pole will be free of ice in
summer by 2013.