Arctic reindeer cool with snow, but not rain, study says
- Published: 26 Sep 2012 at 08.49
- Online news: World
Arctic reindeer have no problems with snowstorms but are badly affected by rain, a finding that has implications for assessing how climate change affects wildlife, a study on Wednesday says.
A reindeer walks on snow in Ny-Alesund in the Svalbard archipelago. Arctic reindeer have no problems with snowstorms but are badly affected by rain, a finding that has implications for assessing how climate change affects wildlife, a study says.
Norwegian researchers looked at population figures for a well-studied species, the Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus), which inhabits the island of Spitzbergen.
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