Hey those of you in UB: I will be giving a talk at the UB American Corner on Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 4pm. The talk is entitled “The Earth Like You’ve Never Seen It.” We will discuss a video of some beautiful images of the Earth and its fragile atmosphere recently captured by the International… Read More
Over on my personal blog, I’ve compiled a list of Mongolian language resources, for those wanting to study outside or in Mongolia. If you’re planning on brushing up on your Монгол xэл sometime soon, then you should check it out!… Read More
The National University of Mongolia now has a subscription to Web of Science. What is Web of Science? It is the largest accessible citation database with over 46 million records. It allows users to read peer-reviewed literature across many scientific (and other) disciplines. It’s an invaluable resource that allows a researcher to paint an international picture… Read More
MMMS #5 feautures Dr. Bumochir Dulam, an anthropology professor at the National University of Mongolia. I happened to meet Bumochir briefly a few months ago at a luncheon, and he told me about the traditional role stoves have played in Mongolia. I ended up doing this interview with him to flesh out what we had… Read More
Today, five members of the UB Atmospheric Science Club (UBASC) and I visited a 9th grade class at School #38 to do our first outreach activity! We’ve been working on getting the activity ready for quite some time so it was pretty cool to finally see it in action! We couldn’t have asked for a… Read More
A recent WHO survey of global air pollution has been causing my google alert for “ulaanbaatar” and “air pollution” to go crazy today! The data for UB is not surprising or new (it is from a 2009 World Bank Report that relies on PM10 and PM2.5 data collected in 2008 by the UB Air Pollution… 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
