And while overgrazing has long contributed to desertification on the steppe, climate change is making things even worse. Droughts in the summers have made it harder to fatten animals and stockpile ...

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 ...

They used to occur about once every 10 years, but there have been six in the last decade or so, according to the United Nations. And while overgrazing has long contributed to desertification on the ...