Thursday, September 10, 2009
Arctic thaw brings boom in reindeer population - Times Online
The loss of snow cover has resulted in a booming population of wild reindeer on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, with numbers doubling in the past 30 years. Other species, including muskox, sockeye salmon, pink-footed goose, grey whale and alpine pika, are also benefiting from the warmer Arctic climate or adapting well to it.
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