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.

By Erling Friis-Baastad, Nunatsiaq News July 31, 2018
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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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