Rare Musk Ox May Be Threatened By Climate Change

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Sun, 04/27/2008 - 13:00

The Wildlife Conservation Society recently launched a four-year study to determine if climate change is affecting populations of a quintessential Arctic denizen: the rare musk ox.

The research team will be assessing how musk ox are faring in areas along the Chukchi and northern Bering Seas, and the extent to which snow and icing events, disease, and possibly predation may be driving populations.


 

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