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Un-baked Alaska | Arctic Sea Ice News and Analysis

Temperatures over central Alaska at the 925 hPa level were 4 to 5 degrees Celsius (7 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit) colder than usual, making this one of the coldest springs on record for cities like Fairbanks. These low temperatures can be linked to slack winds over central Alaska that resulted in very little mixing to get rid of the cold air. [Note the need for a natural "excuses" for cold weather, while CO2 is left to take the "blame" alone for warm weather].  However, the end of the month saw much higher temperatures, reaching more than 80 degrees Fahrenheit (27 degrees Celsius) in Fairbanks.

Because of the low temperatures, ice on the Tanana River, which runs through Fairbanks, Alaska, broke up on May 20 at 2:41 p.m.—the latest date and time on a record which extends for nearly a century.

Winning: Skeptics, tea party have made global warming a GOP litmus test | JunkScience.com

Even the five surviving GOP congressmen who voted for Waxman-Markey won’t walk the global warming plank again.

The 6 Weirdest Things Found in the EPA Warehouse | Mother Jones

multiple "unauthorized personal spaces" that were "arranged so that they were out of sight of security cameras" and included televisions, refrigerators, radios, microwaves, couches, pin ups, clothing, books, magazines and videos

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