nbsp; Монгол Xэл Thursday, I experienced my first dust storm in Mongolia. Springtime dust storms are pretty common in Ulaanbaatar, and the one that hit Thursday was considered mild. However, it still was pretty cool to me. Check out the view from my office on a clear day versus Thursday. Монгол Xэл: 4 дэх… Read More
Монгол Xэл As I mentioned in the previous post, this blog will feature a series called, “Meet Mongolia’s Scientists.” Today is the first installment!… Read More
Meet Mongolia’s Scientists – Starting Tomorrow!
I’ve been wondering a lot about how science works in Mongolia. How does funding work? How is research divided between the universities and institutions? What is grad school like? What’s the tenure track like? What are publication or presentation expectations for professors, researchers, and students? How do research groups function and departments function? … Read More
Монгол Xэл The graph below gives you a sense of how very polluted the air in Ulaanbaatar is.… Read More
Монгол Xэл I’m not quite in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia yet, but if you’re interested in learning some of the background of why studying air pollution in Ulaanbaatar is a compelling project, please check out this post I wrote last summer during a two week preliminary trip to Mongolia’s capital city: Air Pollution in UB… Read More
