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ClimateWire: Migration and feeding is difficult for local reindeer during a critical time of year, as their vegetation food source became encapsulated in ice.
In the winter of 2012, the Svalbard archipelago was hit with an extreme weather event of record-breaking heat and rain--a slush avalanche knocked out bridges and roads. Reindeer carcasses littered the landscape, as permafrost warmed and snow-dependent tourism took a major hit.
Now, a group of scientists documenting the aftermath of the two-week event......
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Fast-Warming Arctic Proves Deadly Animals & People
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 25th, 2014
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