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As shrubs take over Labrador s tundra, the effects of climate change stretch beyond the ice From tracts of tundra being claimed by birch to swarms of biting blackflies, climate change is creating human and ecological disruption in northern Labrador and not just in the winter. Social Sharing Inuit elders first flagged the explosion of green across what was formerly rocky tundra in the region Posted: Apr 29, 2021 5:30 AM NT | Last Updated: April 29 A caribou grazes on dwarf birch and fireweed near the shore of Saglek Fjord, in Torngat Mountains National Park. Shrubs are rapidly overtaking tundra on the northern tip of Labrador, one of the many signs of climate change, which is altering the region.(Darroch Whitaker/Parks Canada) ....