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    Melting Mongolian Ice Patches May Threaten Reindeer Pastoralism, Archaeological Artifacts

    Warming temperatures mean 'eternal ice' patches melting for first time in memory. Northern Mongolian "eternal ice" is melting for the first time in memory, threatening the traditional reindeer-herding lifestyle and exposing fragile cultural artifacts to the elements, according to a study published November 20, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by William Taylor from the Max Planck Institute, Germany, and the University of Colorado-Boulder, USA, and colleagues.