Longer days
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- December
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Got the winter blues already? Well, by this weekend, the days may seem like they’re getting longer. It’s actually a matter of seconds then minutes. But by time the winter solstice rolls around, which is Dec. 22 this year, the sun will be setting about four minutes later than it does on Friday.
Through a quirk of timekeeping and the Earth’s orbital wanderings through space, the day with the earliest sunset occurs about two weeks before the day with the shortest amount of daylight. Any light gained in the afternoon as we get closer to the solstice is kind of lost in the morning because the sun will keep rising later and later (and continue doing so until early January). But, it’s the extra afternoon daylight most folks notice.
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Journal News staff writer Greg Clary writes Earth Watch, reporting on environmental issues in the lower Hudson region. Clary has been a reporter, editor and columnist at the Journal News since 1988 and has covered police and courts, transportation, municipal government, development and the environment in the Lower Hudson Valley, among other topics. 
Laura Incalcaterra covers the environment, open space and zoning and planning issues for The Journal News. A Boston College graduate, Laura grew up in Rockland, attended East Ramapo schools and has worked for The Journal News since 1993. Laura has written features and covered North Rockland, crime, government and a host of other issues.
Mike Risinit covers Patterson and Kent in Putnam County, as well as environmental topics touching on the Hudson River and the Great Swamp. Risinit has been a reporter at The Journal News since 1998.
