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Global Warming Linked to Caribou-Calf Mortality
1 May 2008—Fewer caribou calves are being born and more of them are dying in West Greenland as a result of a warming climate, according to Eric Post, a Penn State associate professor of biology. Post, who believes that caribou may serve as an indicator species for climate changes including global warming, based his conclusions on data showing that the timing of peak food availability no longer corresponds to the timing of caribou births. The study, which was conducted in collaboration with Mads Forchhammer at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, will be published in the 12 July 2008 issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Click here for more information.
Credit: Eric Post, Penn State
Fewer caribou calves are being born and more of them are dying in West Greenland as a result of a warming climate.
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