KANGERLUSSUAQ, Greenland Knud Lyberth walked slowly back on the lone paved road that cuts through the middle of this remote former U.S. military outpost, his rifle slung over his shoulder and his 17-year-old brother, Enos, by his side. On their trek last month, they didnt spot a single reindeer after hours spent stalking the jagged hills of this windswept fjord, hiking miles through the pink heather and burnt-orange arctic brush.

This has become the new normal.

Reindeer are becoming more scarce in this part of western Greenland, as the species migrates north to cooler climates, said Knud, 27, the golden afternoon sun sinking westward toward the mouth of the fjord. Its yet another sign of the climate change that has kicked into full gear in recent years.

When reminded that the president of the United States refutes that the climate is changing as greenhouse gases enshroud the planet, people here generally raise their eyebrows, roll their eyes or laugh. Lyberth did all three.

Its just, uh, wow, he said with a laugh. Here in Greenland we see it from day to day. Theres much fewer reindeer.