More Than 200 Reindeer Found Dead in Norway, Starved by Climate Change

[Beringia]

https://www.livescience.com/66047-200-dead-reindeer-norway.html


Researchers recently found more than 200 dead reindeer on the island of Svalbard in Norway; the animals starved to death due to climate change, which is disrupting their access to the plants that they typically eat. Climate change is bringing warmer temperatures to Svalbard, which means more precipitation. And heavy rainfall in December is thought to be responsible for the unusually high number of reindeer deaths, the researchers wrote on May 28 on the NPI website.

After the December rain hit the ground, the precipitation froze, creating "tundra ice caps," a thick layer of ice that prevented reindeer from reaching vegetation in their usual winter grazing pastures. This forced the animals to dig pits in shoreline snow to find seaweed and kelp, which are less nutritious than the reindeer's usual fare.

"Some of the mortality is natural because there were so many calves last year," she said. "But the large number we see now is due to heavy rainfall, which is due to global warming."

(Oddly enough, there are no pictures of these "200 dead reindeer". Only pictures of single carcasses. You would think there would be more pictures).

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. There are more pictures; they just weren't included in that article.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/over-200-reindeer-found-dead-in-norway-researchers-blame-climate-change-2076363

[Beringia]

2. No, that is a picture of dead reindeer killed by lightening strike 2016, it is being used

for this article incorrectly and confusing people


https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-deaths-more-300-reindeer-teach-us-about-circle-life-180970072/

[OnlinePoker]

3. I doubt they would have all died in the same spot at the same time

These reindeer would have died all over the island.

[Lulu KC]

4. Saddest headline of the day

And there's some tough competition out there.

[democratisphere]

5. THIS planet is so screwed. Anything being done to counter

the effects of global warming and climate change is being negated by the actions of the climate deniers.

[Duppers]

6. Horrible!

I've been following this story (their plight) for a couple of yrs now. Thanks for posting about it.

[Judi Lynn]

7. Thank you for spreading the information. The world needs to know. n/t

[Beringia]

8. You're welcome

I found the article by chance by someone who posted on facebook.