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NASA image shows nearly ice-free Alaska as temps top 96 degrees
2013-06-24 23:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: After a colder-than-average spring, Alaska is suffering a sudden and record-breaking heatwave. Temperatures on Monday, June 17th hit a stunning 96 degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius) in Talkeetna, Alaska, just below the state's highest temperature ever record of 98 degrees Fahrenheit in 1969. On the same day, NASA's Terra Satellite's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) took a rare image of a cloud-free Alaska. "Other towns in southern [besides Talkeetna] Alaska set all-time...
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