Sunday, December 23, 2012

Overheated planet update: Newsweek says that Mongolia has suffered "A decade of devastatingly harsh winters followed by very dry summers"

The Hidden Grave of History’s Greatest Warrior - Newsweek and The Daily Beast
A decade of devastatingly harsh winters followed by very dry summers has crippled the livelihoods of livestock-dependent herders, who make up a third of the country’s population. Tens of thousands have migrated into city slums, while thousands of others have turned to illegal gold mining in their fight for survival.   [Via I.G.]

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