On the Mongolian steppe, climate change pushes herders to the brink
Thursday, 13 March 2025 Kharkhorin, Mongolia (AFP) Mar 13, 2025
Over a year after a devastating winter wiped out virtually his entire sheep flock, herder Zandan Lkhamsuren is still reckoning with the damage wrought by Mongolia's increasingly erratic extreme weather. The vast country is one of the most affected by climate change, by some counts warming three times faster than the global average. The link between rising temperatures and extreme weather
Mongolian herder Zandan Lkhamsuren lost all but two of his 280-strong flock of sheep in last year's deep freeze -- known as a 'dzud' -- an extreme weather event that is becoming more frequent and more intense in a country badly affected by climate change. Across Mongolia, more than seven million...
Thursday, 13 March 2025
Kharkhorin, Mongolia (AFP) Mar 13, 2025
