The catastrophe happened due to climate change and lack of food, and has never been this big, said three researchers from the Norwegian Polar Institute.
World | Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: July 27, 2019 20:48 IST
Reindeer is the largest herbivore in Arctic regions. (Reuters file photo for representation)
OSLO: Researchers have found more than 200 reindeer that died of hunger on Norway’s Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, public broadcaster NRK reported on Saturday.
The catastrophe happened due to climate change and lack of food, and has never been this big, said three researchers from the Norwegian Polar Institute.
“The speed of global warming has never been as high as it is today,” a study released on Wednesday has found.
The institute has mapped the wild reindeer stock on Svalbard for 40 years…
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