UW News
Alan Gillespie
March 6, 2018
Glaciers in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert actually shrank during the last ice age
![researchers walking on ice](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2018/03/04130848/MtSutai_lg-150x150.jpg)
High in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, the climate is so dry and cold that glaciers shrank during the last ice age. Dating of rock deposits shows how glaciers in this less-studied region can behave very differently as the climate shifts.