CO2's stunning effect on Mongolian winter: It's now so incredibly mild that only 1.7 million livestock have died

Harsh Mongolia winter kills 1.7 million livestock - BusinessWeek

Aid groups have described piles of dead animals and warned of Mongolian herdsmen fleeing to cities as the United Nations says a harsh winter has killed 1.7 million livestock vital to the largely rural country.

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said in a statement Tuesday that up to 4 million livestock could be dead by spring if conditions that include temperatures as low as minus 50 Celsius (minus 58 Fahrenheit) continue.