Another example of junk journalism by Johns Hopkins University!
How extreme was this winter in Mongolia really?
Is it not very unfortunate that so many Mongolians still live in gers/yurts?
"Some 7,000 people in Mongolia have died this winter due to air pollution, caused by the coal that provides 70% of the nation’s energy and warms most homes.
Raw coal smoke contains carcinogenic particles, and the briquettes introduced by Mongolia’s government can cause carbon monoxide poisoning.
Citizens regularly suffer from respiratory diseases, liver and lung cancers, asthma, and flu.
By February, there had been 811 deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning.
The climate crisis has exacerbated Mongolia’s pollution problem, as extreme winters are killing off animals that have supported nomadic herding families, forcing them into cities.
There they construct gers: circular tents with central stoves that feed out through a chimney in the roof. More than 50% of Mongolia’s population live in gers; each household burns ~50 pounds of coal daily in winter."
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