Shuvuuia deserti was a small maniraptoran theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Its short, strong arm might have been used for digging, perhaps into insect mounds.
Mongolia has signed one of the largest climate finance agreements in Asia to date, dramatically expanding Mongolia's National Protected Area network and providing a blueprint for other countries around the world.
A reboot of a paiting I originally did in 1997, age 16. I think at the time I considered it my first sucessful oil painting. I have added all the stuff to it that I originally intended to, but chickened-out (painting over skies in oil painting is scary,... [more]:
Hopefully, Biden will remain in office for 4 more years, though he will need to tune down (economic) protectionism, in particular with military allies.
In my opinion, the #RussianFederation will fracture in 3 bigger parts and several smaller ones. The far eastern parts will be claimed by the #CCP, they've already begun renaming them. This will bode bad news for #Mongolia, as it is the heartland of the #Yuan Dynasty...
More than two million animals have died in Mongolia so far this winter, a government official said today, as the country endures extreme cold and snow... But this winter has been more severe than usual, with lower than normal temperatures and very heavy snowfall, the United Nations said in a recent report....
Mongolia's former president mocks Putin with a map showing how big the Mongol empire used to be, and how small Russia was
Tsakhia mocked Putin over the weekend and his focus on history to try to justify his invasion of Ukraine.
Putin has frequently used historical borders to justify his brutal invasion, arguing that Russia has a claim over Ukraine even though Ukraine is an independent country.
"Dzuds, a peculiar slow-onset disaster unique to #Mongolia, are extreme winters characterized by freezing temperatures, heavy snow and ground so frozen that animals cannot reach pasture.
This winter, the dual “white” and “iron” #dzud is marked by a very deep snow cover preventing animals from accessing grass (white dzud) combined with a short thaw and subsequent hard freeze that locks up pastures in ice (iron dzud)."
Le menhir d'Ussano à Cavallino di Lecce, en Italie. On trouve une tripotée de menhirs dans la province de Lecce, tout au bout des Pouilles. De façon intéressante, beaucoup ont été resculptés par la suite en forme de colonne.
Une pierre à cerfs dans le nord de la Mongolie, près de Mörön.
Les pierres à cerfs sont des stèles mégalithiques mongoles, souvent gravées de cerfs bondissants. Datant vraisemblablement de l'âge du bronze ou du fer, leur signification est, comme toujours, méconnue.
Construction on the #Kremlin’s long-planned mega-pipeline connecting #Russia’s western gasfields with #China is expected to be delayed, the prime minister of #Mongolia has warned, in a blow to #Moscow’s plans to secure a new market for the gas it previously sold to #Europe.
Two million livestock animals die as Mongolia endures extreme weather (www.freemalaysiatoday.com)
More than two million animals have died in Mongolia so far this winter, a government official said today, as the country endures extreme cold and snow... But this winter has been more severe than usual, with lower than normal temperatures and very heavy snowfall, the United Nations said in a recent report....