Scientists say reindeer may be 縮むing 予定 to warming
STOCKHOLM (AP) ― Reindeer living on the 北極の island of Svalbard are getting smaller ― and scientists say 気候 change may be the 原因（となる）.
Scientists from Britain and Norway have 設立する that adult Svalbard reindeer born in 2010 重さを計る 12 パーセント いっそう少なく on 普通の／平均（する） than those born in 1994.
Ecologist Steve Albon of Scotland's James Hutton 学校／設ける says rising 気温s in the 北極の mean Svalbard is getting more rain, creating a hard ice sheet the island's reindeer can't easily break through to reach food.
FILE _ This is a April 20, 2011 とじ込み／提出する ph oto of wild reindeer foraging for food on the island of Spitsbergen which is part of the Svalbard 群島 in Norway. Reindeer living on the 北極の island of Svalbard are getting smaller _ and 全世界の warming may be the 原因（となる）. Scientists from Britain and Norway have 設立する that adult Svalbard reindeer born in 2010 are now 12 パーセント はしけ on 普通の／平均（する） than those born in 1994.(Ben Birchall/PA, とじ込み／提出する 経由で AP)
Reindeer 全住民s are also 増加するing 予定 to warmer summers, stoking 競争.
Albon says 研究員s think there is a correlation between rising 気温s and reindeer 負わせる. He says more 研究 is needed to 確認する the link.
Their findings were 現在のd Monday at a 会合 of the British 生態学の Society.
