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In the midst of a snowstorm, veterinarian Tone Heide prepares to take a blood sample from a reindeer in Svalbard, Norway
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Reindeer Have to Eat Up to Survive the Winter

by Rebecca Dzombak 29 January 202123 January 2023

Arctic biologists use 25 years of data to find that warmer autumns might be enough to increase the odds of reindeer’s winter survival on Svalbard.

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Reindeer Could Trample Permafrost Thaw

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 25 March 202031 January 2022

Thick, fluffy snow traps summer’s heat in the top layers of Arctic permafrost even as winter chills the air above. Grazing animals stomp that snow flat.

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