Sentences with phrase «because subarctic»
Fire scars were rare because subarctic spruces usually display dense foliage at the stem base that is susceptible to burning completely during fire.
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Because they feed in Arctic and subarctic benthic environments, gray whales are thought to be relatively sensitive to changes in climate, and climatic events such as the Medieval Warm Period (ca. 900 — 1200 AD) or Little Ice Age (ca. 1300 — 1850 AD) could have caused a population decline.
Walsh says the study does not address whether the scenario of heavier tropical and subtropical rainfall moving northward will impact the Arctic and subarctic — perhaps because of a lack of data.