Extreme Weather Has Community Wide Effect (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Extreme Weather Has Community Wide Effect

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Heavy icing after an extreme rain-on-snow event dramatically increased reindeer mortality on the island archipelago of Svalbard. That had an effect on arctic fox populations and the rest of the overwintering vertebrate community.

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Brage B. Hansen/Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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