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Santa in Trouble? Reindeer Shrink as Arctic Warms by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters)
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| Santa in Trouble? Reindeer Shrink as Arctic Warms by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters) |
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Santa in Trouble? Reindeer Shrink as Arctic Warms |
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Reindeer are shrinking on an Arctic island near the North Pole in a side-effect of climate change that has curbed winter food for animals often depicted as pulling Father Christmas' sleigh, scientists said on Monday.
The average weight of adult reindeer on Svalbard, a chain of islands north of Norway, has fallen to 48 kg (106 lb) from 55 kg (121 lb) in the 1990s as part of sweeping changes to Arctic life as temperatures rise, they said.
"Warmer summers are great for reindeer...
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