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Alaska’s hottest month portends transformation into ‘unfrozen state’

Of Alaska's 10 warmest months on record, seven have now occurred since 2004.

By Yereth Rosen, Reuters August 9, 2019
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — July 2019 now stands as Alaska’s hottest month on record, the latest benchmark in a long-term warming trend with ominous repercussions ranging from rapidly vanishing summer sea ice and melting glaciers to raging wildfires and deadly chaos for marine life.

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