He said the incident was probably the result of "recent weather changes we are having - particularly heavy rain fall and the start of a cold snap".
How to know: Watch the price of gold--still the best barometer of monetary weather changes.
The scientists said there was no evidence that the weather changes were a result of Man-made climate change.
The changes in the weather create a crust of hard ice over the lichen, preventing the reindeer from eating.
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But weather does respond to changes in the solar radiation activity of the sun.
The effects of rising global temperatures are widespread and costly: more severe storms, rising seas, species extinctions, and changes in weather patterns that will alter food production and the spread of disease.
Ethosnomics is one aspect of a brand that is not going away, especially as changes in weather patterns make us all sweat.
Harvests are dependent on the weather, and short-term changes in demand are out of kilter with the long-term investments needed to boost supplies of metals and oil.
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Advances in cockpit technology have all but eliminated traditional threats such as jets flying into mountains in bad weather or slamming into the ground because of sudden wind changes on approach.
Over fishing, new quota systems and changes in expected weather patterns have all played a role in changing the face of this once swashbuckling Alaskan town, fishermen say.
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Professor Burt said their study highlighted the value of long-running datasets from the uplands in order to identify long-term changes in weather patterns, because such changes in rainfall were not recorded at lowland sites, such as Barrow on the west coast, and Durham on the east.
As the flow of water can be regulated, it's also not affected by seasonal or daily changes in weather or water patterns.
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