Reports say it did—but is global warming to blame?
(NEWSER) - Residents of Ilulissat, Greenland, live in darkness for a large chunk of winter—but that chunk was two days shorter this year. The sun reportedly rose on Jan. 11, instead of its normal date of Jan. 13, the Huffington Post reports. Of course, theories were quick to surface, and one of the suspects is climate change. Global warming is blamed for melting Greenland’s ice caps, and as they melt, the horizon sinks. That means the sun could appear over the horizon earlier, although some doubted this explanation. More»
