Extreme snowfall kept most plants and animals in one Arctic ecosystem from reproducing

Scientists worry climate change could hurt future breeding in Greenland with extreme weather

sanderling

Arctic shorebirds called sanderlings migrate north each year from as far as southern Africa to breed. But snowy conditions that lasted well into the summer of 2018 in Greenland stymied the birds’ breeding plans.

J. Reneerkens

When Jeroen Reneerkens stepped off the plane in Greenland, all he saw was white.