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International Business Times
International Business Times
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On The Mongolian Steppe, Climate Change Pushes Herders To The Brink

Heavy snowfall and frozen ground means livestock cannot find food (Credit: AFP)

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.

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