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Climate Change versus Overgrazing: Effects on Rangeland Health

By Anna Ginsburg · February 20, 2026

Climate Change versus Overgrazing: Effects on Rangeland Health

We are excited to highlight that the work of one of our founders, Khusel Avirmed, was published in the leading journal Science!

Rangelands are Earth's dominant land type, supporting the livelihoods of more than 2 billion people. Concerns about rangeland degradation typically focus on overgrazing. But climate change may be a greater culprit. Using spatially disaggregated, nationwide data from Mongolia, from 1984 to 2024, we exploited seasonal variation in grazing locations to quasi-experimentally estimate the causal effects of livestock herd size, weather, and climate change on rangeland primary productivity.

You can read the full article here.

Congratulations to Khusel and his team!

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