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Extreme winter leads to an Arctic reproductive collapse

Unprecedented snowfall stymied breeding for birds and other creatures in northern Greenland in 2018.
The Zackenberg valley in Northeast Greenland, summer 2018.

In 2018 snow blanketed Greenland’s Zackenberg Valley on 24 June, when snow coverage is normally ending. The severe conditions wreaked havoc on animal and plant reproduction. Credit: Lars Holst Hansen

There were neither birds nor bees at one spot in the Arctic in 2018. Snow that accumulated in the first months of the year was so excessive and lingered so long that many species missed their chance to breed.

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Nature 574, 456 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03113-2

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