P.I.D. Radio 1/17/11: Earth’s Out of Kilter

  

THE SUN rose two days too early in western Greenland this year, according to a report in an Austrian newspaper (English language article at the Daily Mail).  Experts quoted in the report blame a huge meltoff of the Greenland ice sheet.

Elsewhere: rebellion in Chile and Tunisia; American travelers losing their laptops to Homeland Security; WikiLeaks blamed by The Guardian for its own leak; mysterious cattle deaths in Wisconsin; and political maneuverings in Lebanon and Israel.