In Mongolia, it is noticeable and often commented upon that there is an incredibly high female:male ratio in many sectors compared to just about anywhere, but the ratio is oppositely skewed in the political sphere. This TEDx talk by Tugsjargal Chuluun quantifies the gap. One of most interesting quotes: “…in fact, this gap, between the economic situation of the woman and the...
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Disclaimer: The views reflected in this post are only those of only of myself and do not represent the University of Colorado or NSF. As has been stated numerous times in different ways on this blog and my CIRES one, particluate matter (What is this? Look here in English, here in Mongolian) pollution is a serious health problem in UB (check out the last CIRES post, for instance, or download...
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In this post, I mentioned our social media sites that broadcast available UB air quality data to the public, as well as share information on air quality basics. We just found out that we will receive funding through Oyu Tolgoi to get our own automatically tweeting/facebooking air quality instrument! The instrument won’t be live for several months, but we’re also excited that we...
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Have you heard about our recent initiative to give the UB public better connected to air quality data in Ulaanbaatar? No? Check out this blogpost, our Facebook group to which we automatically post the data 3x day, or our Twitter account (@UB_Air) to which we do the same. Here is an article on WHY we think this is so...
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