On the Mongolian steppe, climate change pushes herders to the brink
Over a year after a devastating winter wiped out virtually his entire sheep flock, herder Zandan Lkhamsuren is still ...
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Mongolia's children choke in toxic pollution
As she watched her five-month-old son lying in intensive care, wires and tubes criss crossing his tiny body, Uyanga cursed ...
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Polish adventurer becomes first man to cross Mongolia’s Gobi Desert by bike in winter
Polish explorer Mateusz Waligóra became the first person in recorded history to cycle across Mongolia’s Gobi Desert in winter ...
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At Mongolia’s winter festival, yurts, music and milk tea serve as odes to nomadic culture
A festival in a frigid park on the edge of the world’s coldest capital in February might not sound like a crowd-puller – but in Mongolia an inaugural celebration of nomadic culture was in fine ...
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Mongolia's children choke in toxic pollution
Ulaanbaatar (AFP) – As she watched her five-month-old son lying in intensive care, wires and tubes crisscrossing his tiny body, Uyanga cursed her hometown Ulaanbaatar and its chronic pollution.
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On the Mongolian steppe, climate change pushes herders to the brink
In Mongolia the effects are stark ... known as dzuds -- have been growing more frequent and intense. "Last year's winter was the hardest I've ever known," the 48-year-old told AFP, describing ...
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Mongolia's children choke in toxic pollution
The toxic smog that settles over the Mongolian capital every winter has been a suffocating problem for more than a decade that successive governments have failed to dispel. There are wisps of hope ...