Water drops are seen dripping from the Wolverine Glacier in the Kenai Mountains on September 06, 2019 near Primrose, Alaska. AFP FILE PHOTO LOS AGELES — Extreme weather in Alaska that has brought record high temperatures and torrential downpours has left authorities in the far northern US state warning of “Icemageddon”. Huge sheets of ice are blocking roads and choking traffic in Fairbanks, Alaska’s second largest city, reported the state’s transportation department, which has coined the neologism — a play on “Armageddon” — to describe the chilly impasse. “We’re experiencing an unprecedented series of winter storms,” the department tweeted. READ: Baked Alaska – record December warmth and winter rains Scientists say the unchecked burning of fossil fuels and other human activity is changing the climate, making it more unpredictable and prone to wild swings. Rick Thoman, a weather specialist at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, called the conditions of the past few … [Read more...] about Alaska faces ‘Icemageddon’ as temperatures swing wildly