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Climate change: Arctic reindeer numbers crash by half
By Victoria Gill
Science correspondent, BBC News, Washington DC
12 December 2018
KAJ R. SVENSSON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
A warmer Arctic has less food and more insects, making it a much worse environment for caribou
The population of wild reindeer, or caribou, in the Arctic has crashed by more than half in the last two decades.
A new report on the impact of climate change in the Arctic revealed that numbers fell from almost 5 million to around 2.1 million animals.
The report was released at the American Geophysical Research Union meeting.
It revealed how weather patterns and vegetation changes are making the Arctic tundra a much less hospitable place for reindeer.
More:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46516033