At least 80,000 reindeer died in two mass mortality events in the Yamal Peninsula in the past decade, according to new research. Climate change is likely the culprit.
The Huffington Post
When it comes to climate change iconography, there’s perhaps no image more recognizable than that of a lone polar bear marooned on a melting sheet of ice.
But as the impacts of a continually warming Earth are felt by more species, new emblematic images are emerging: that of emaciated puffins washing up dead on Alaska’s shores; American pikas climbing high into the mountains in search of colder climes; snow-loving wolverines looking lost amidst greenery; and now dead reindeer, starved to death and buried deep in frozen Siberian snow.
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