Rapid downwasting of lower portion of Ponkar Glacier and its impacts in Manang, Nepal
Rijan Bhakta Kayastha1, Rakesh Kayastha2, Richard L Armstrong3, Tenzing Chogyal Sherpa4, Samjwal Ratna Bajracharya4, Sudan Bikash Maharjan4, Sharad Joshi5 and Finu Shrestha6, (1)Kathmandu University, Himalayan Cryosphere, Climate and Disaster Research Center, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Science, Dhulikhel, Nepal, (2)Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal, (3)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal, (5)International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Lalitpur, Nepal, (6)International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal