Globale Klimaveränderung

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Alaska 'Icemageddon' warning follows heat record

The coldest US state of Alaska has recorded its hottest-ever December day, amid an unusual winter warm spell.

Temperatures soared to a record 19.4C (67F) on the island of Kodiak on Sunday - almost seven degrees warmer than the state's previous high. But elsewhere in Alaska temperatures have been plunging to record lows. In the south-eastern town of Ketchikan, temperatures dropped to -18C (-0.4F) on 25 December - one of the town's coldest Christmas Days in the past century.

The weather extremes have prompted warnings of an "Icemageddon" from authorities, as torrents of rain and snow have left ice as hard as cement coating the roads. [...] The ice would likely cling to the roads until at least March or April, Climate Scientist Rick Thoman, of the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, told the BBC. [...] Mr Thoman said the blasts of extreme warm and cold temperatures over the past two decades were a sign of climate change.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59820999

Irgendwie seltsam, bei mir im Ländle herrschen gerade laue 15 Grad - und keine Schneeflocke weit und breit...

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