Melting Mongolian Ice Patches May Threaten Reindeer Pastoralism, Archeological Artefacts (IMAGE)

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Melting Mongolian Ice Patches May Threaten Reindeer Pastoralism, Archeological Artefacts

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(Left); Image of a persistent snow and ice patch in Mengebulag taken in 2006, showing domestic reindeer using the patch, and (right); the same patch in 2018, which local residents indicated had melted for the very first time.

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Taylor et al, 2019.

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