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Here’s a clear and simple presentation on how to improve your writing. Specifically, it talks about how to write a strong 5 paragraph essay and how to cite pieces of work in your writing. The talk was given at the Health Sciences University of Mongolia by Peace Corps Volunteer Ned Lederer this past week.… Read More
Монгол Xэл (Thanks to Oyu Choijamts for the translation!) I’ve been out of blogging-commission the past month or so due to a hectic but very productive trip back to the University of Colorado to do some preliminary analysis of some particulate matter samples from Ulaanbaatar and to pick up some lovely new equipment that I… Read More
Монгол Xэл (Thanks to Oyu Choijamts for the translation!) I had the wonderful opportunity to go to the annual AAAS meeting held in Vancouver this past week, and man, I’m so glad I did! Here’s a quick wrap-up of some highlights and also links to some of the materials I generated for my visit.… Read More
UBASC visited Ulaanbaatar public School #38 again this week. We visited another 9th grade class, and performed the “How Much Air Pollution Do We Breathe in? And what can we do about it?” activity (presentation here, worksheet here). An awesome group of 10 UBASC’ers led the activity. Some pictures below.… Read More
I’ve compiled a quick and easy fact sheet about air pollution (in terms of PM) in UB. UPDATE: Now, thanks to Gerelmaa G., you can access three versions: Монгол Xэл: (pdf) English: (pdf) Монгол Xэл bac Aнгл Xэл | Combined (pdf) I encourage you to share this file with others! … Read More
Монгол Xэл The nasty cold I have caught in the last week has finally crankified (yes, crankified!) me enough to write a post about summertime air quality in UB. I frequently hear a lot of comments about how bad the air pollution is in the winter or how the dust is particularly bad in the… Read More
Монгол Xэл Over on my personal blog, I explore a few ideas on avenues of atmospheric science which merit exploring in Mongolia. Please visit the site (Монгол Xэл below) and share any ideas you have!… Read More
Монгол Xэл This past week, I had a wonderful opportunity to attend a workshop that gave an introduction to the technique of lifecycle assessment (LCA).… Read More
Монгол Xэл Recently, my husband and I were fortunate to be asked to tag along with Prof. Tsolmon‘s group at the National University of Mongolia and a Japanese group from NAJO to conduct “You are Galileo” workshops and hold star parties at two different schools in the Gobi.… Read More
