How unusual late spring snow devastated shorebirds in northeast Greenland
It's becoming more obvious that nothing can be counted on in an age of rapid climate change.
When the fog lifted on June 14, Jeroen Reneerkens’ small chartered plane could finally land on the tundra of northeast Greenland. The Dutch avian ecologist, who has a special passion for small wading birds, especially the ubiquitous sanderlings, quickly realized that something was wrong on the ground.
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