The sun rises two days early in Greenland, climate change is accelerating?

[DearAbby]

The sun rises two days early in Greenland, sparking fears that climate change is accelerating

The sun over Greenland has risen two days early, baffling scientists and sparking fears that Arctic icecaps are melting faster than previously thought.

Experts say the sun should have risen over the Arctic nation's most westerly town, Ilulissat, yesterday, ending a month-and-a-half of winter darkness.

But for the first time in history light began creeping over the horizon at around 1pm on Tuesday - 48 hours ahead of the usual date of 13 January.

The mysterious sunrise has confused scientists, although it is believed the most likely explanation is that it is down to the lower height of melting icecaps allowing the sun's light to penetrate through earlier.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1346936/The-sun-rises-days-early-Greenland-sparking-fears-climate-change-accelerating.html#ixzz1BNymo2TX


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1346936/The-sun-rises-days-early-Greenland-sparking-fears-climate-change-accelerating.html#ixzz1BNyJwO5G

[meow mix]

1. december rains in montana also..

last year it happened once this year it happened several times. unheard of when i was a kid (it was just -20 all the way thru)

"It also reported that December was much warmer than usual with rainfall instead of snow recorded for the first time in Kuujjuaq since records began"

[XemaSab]

2. There was an article posted about this the other day

The thinking is that it's like a mirage: the warmer weather is bending the light so the sun shines earlier in the year.

[SpiralHawk]

3. Mysterious Sunrise

Wow - sounds like the name of a detective novel.

This is freaky...

[hobbit709]

4. Sunrise has nothing to do with climate change.

Early sunrise involves a slight wobble of earth's axis.

[saras]

6. Silly nonsense

The earth's axis doesn't suddenly start wobbling fast enough to change the date of sunrise by two days from the day predicted TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE EARTH'S KNOWN WOBBLE.

You're suggesting that a moon-sized body hit the earth, causing a new wobble - and no one noticed.

[mdmc]

5. ..