Sacred Icicle Melting

From vanishing lakes to killing the coral reefs, many of the earth's changes are being blamed on global warming. Have you heard the story about a sacred icicle melting in a Himalayan cave?

Thousands of Hindu pilgrims are facing disappointment after a large, sacred icicle in the Himalayas melted down to harldy nothing. (see photo left, before and after). Many Hindus consider the melting as a bad omen.

Each year, hundreds of thousands of devotees make a long trek to the mountains to look at the natural icy formation, worshipped as a symbol of the god of destruction, Shiva. But could the popularity of the ice feature actually be the cause of its annihilation, instead of global warming? The more people that go in, the more warm air they exhale and the warmer the cave becomes.

Get this. Last year, pilgrims were outraged when authorities reportedly used snow to create a fake icicle when the natural ice formation failed to appear. That's pretty low.

For those who are still a bit divided on whether global warming is human induced, visit this site for another angle. It's titled-Global Warming: A chilling perspective.