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A changing climate is altering Arctic insect populations

Researchers studying insects in northern Greenland have seen some dramatic changes in populations over just 20 years.

By John Thompson, Nunatsiaq News May 2, 2018
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The springtail is not one of your better-known Arctic creatures. The small, wingless insect gets its name from how it uses its rigid tail to catapult itself into the air and out of harm’s way.

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