Research project integrating Indigenous and western sciences, exploring the future of caribou together | Funded by @ArcticTogether | Acct managed by @alcesanna
Sep 8, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Each spring, #caribou migrate from their winter habitat to calving grounds. We analyzed GPS collars from 1000+ caribou and found that herds across the #Arctic are synched up and all depart on this migration around the same time 🤯 1/5
The timing of spring migration departure is related to large-scale, ocean-driven climate indices. In other words, continental-scale patterns in temp and weather trigger caribou to head north at the same time. 2/5