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A Consequential Editor: Pauline Ives (1931–2022) by Sicroff, Seth, Byers, Alton C.

“…A look back at the life of Pauline Ives, editor of Mountain Research and Development from 1981 to 1997, who died in September 2022 at the age of 91. Pauline…”
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A new remote hazard and risk assessment framework for glacial lakes in the Nepal Himalaya by Rounce, David R, McKinney, Daene C, Lala, Jonathan M, Byers, Alton C, Watson, C. Scott

“…Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) pose a significant threat to downstream communities and infrastructure due to their potential to rapidly unleash stored…”
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Land Use and Land Cover Change in Sagarmatha National Park, a World Heritage Site in the Himalayas of Eastern Nepal by Garrard, Rodney, Kohler, Thomas, Price, Martin F, Byers, Alton C, Sherpa, Ang Rita, Maharjan, Gyanu Raja

“…Land use and land cover (LULC) changes that occurred during 1992–2011 in Sagarmatha National Park, a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural…”
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Three Recent and Lesser-Known Glacier-Related Flood Mechanisms in High Mountain Environments by Byers, Alton C., Shugar, Dan H., Chand, Mohan Bahadur, Portocarrero, Cesar, Shrestha, Milan, Rounce, David R., Watanabe, Teiji

“…Glacial lake outburst floods, and specifically those triggered by avalanche-induced seiche waves, have been studied in considerable detail during the past…”
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Brief communication: Observations of a glacier outburst flood from Lhotse Glacier, Everest area, Nepal by Rounce, David R, Byers, Alton C, Byers, Elizabeth A, McKinney, Daene C

“…Glacier outburst floods with origins from Lhotse Glacier, located in the Everest region of Nepal, occurred on 25 May 2015 and 12 June 2016. The most recent…”
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Glacial lakes of the Hinku and Hongu valleys, Makalu Barun National Park and Buffer Zone, Nepal by Byers, Alton C., McKinney, Daene C., Somos-Valenzuela, Marcelo, Watanabe, Teiji, Lamsal, Damodar

“…In recent decades, many of the larger glaciers in the Himalaya and Andes that have experienced increased melting have become glacial lakes. Some of these lakes…”
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Assessment of glacial lake development and prospects of outburst susceptibility: Chamlang South Glacier, eastern Nepal Himalaya by Lamsal, Damodar, Sawagaki, Takanobu, Watanabe, Teiji, Byers, Alton C.

“…Chamlang South Tsho has been identified as one of the six high-priority glacial lakes in terms of glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) danger in Nepal Himalaya,…”
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A rockfall-induced glacial lake outburst flood, Upper Barun Valley, Nepal by Byers, Alton C., Rounce, David R., Shugar, Dan H., Lala, Jonathan M., Byers, Elizabeth A., Regmi, Dhananjay

“…On April 20, 2017, a flood from the Barun River, Makalu-Barun National Park, eastern Nepal formed a 2–3-km-long lake at its confluence with the Arun River as a…”
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A Sustainable Solid Waste Management Plan for Sagarmatha (Mt Everest) National Park and Buffer Zone, Nepal by Byers, Alton C., Gustafsson, Tommy, Shrestha, Milan, Chhetri, Netra

“…Solid waste management is one of the most challenging issues for authorities in the Mt Everest region of Nepal, exacerbated in recent years by the rapid and…”
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assessment of conditions before and after the 1998 Tam Pokhari outburst in the Nepal Himalaya and an evaluation of the future outburst hazard by Lamsal, Damodar, Sawagaki, Takanobu, Watanabe, Teiji, Byers, Alton C., McKinney, Daene C.

“…On 3 September 1998, a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) that originated from Tam Pokhari occurred in the Hinku valley of the eastern Nepal Himalaya. This…”
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Brief communication: An ice-debris avalanche in the Nupchu Valley, Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, eastern Nepal by Byers, Alton C., Somos-Valenzuela, Marcelo, Shugar, Dan H., McGrath, Daniel, Chand, Mohan B., Avtar, Ram

“…Beginning in December 2020, a series of small to medium, torrent-like pulses commenced upon a historic debris cone located within the Nupchu Valley,…”
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Promoting science-based, community-driven approaches to climate change adaptation in glaciated mountain ranges: HiMAP by Byers, Alton C., McKinney, Daene C., Thakali, Shailendra, Somos-Valenzuela, Marcelo

“…Glaciated mountains remain among the most under-studied regions in the world from a physical, social and climate change perspective, which complicates the…”
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This Changing World: Promoting science-based, community-driven approaches to climate change adaptation in glaciated mountain ranges: HiMAP by Byers, Alton C., McKinney, Daene C., Thakali, Shailendra, Somos-Valenzuela, Marcelo

“…Glaciated mountains remain among the most under-studied regions in the world from a physical, social and climate change perspective, which complicates the…”
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Mountain Adventures: Increasing Children's Awareness of the Importance of Native Plants through an Online Curriculum by Byers, Alton C, Gifford, Amy

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NGO Service Delivery and Promotion of Democracy: Two TMI Initiatives in Nepal and Peru by Byers, Alton C

“…Key features of effective project design and implementation under situations of conflict included: * The degree of community participation and ownership; * The…”
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Depicting community perspectives: repeat photography and participatory research as tools for assessing environmental services in Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal by Garrard, Rodney, Kohler, Thomas, Wiesmann, Urs, Price, Martin F., Byers, Alton C., Sherp, Ang Rita

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Contemporary Landscape Change in the Huascarán National Park and Buffer Zone, Cordillera Blanca, Peru by Byers, Alton C

“…As part of The Mountain Institute's monitoring and evaluation program, historic landscape photographs from 10 photopoints of the 1936 and 1939 German/Austrian…”
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An ever-changing place: interpreting landscape change in Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal; re-photographic survey and encounter by Garrard, Rodney, Kohler, Thomas, Wiesmann, Urs, Price, Martin F., Byers, Alton C., Sherpa, Ang Rita

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The Altai Assistance Project by Foley, Matt, Almashev, Chagat, Byers, Alton C

“…The Altai Republic, known as “the Switzerland of Russia” (http://eng.altai-republic.ru/), is located on the southwestern edge of Siberia, in the Russian…”
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An assessment of conditions before and after the 1998 Tam Pokhari outburst in the Nepal Himalaya and an evaluation of the future outburst hazard: Photogrammetric Analysis of Tam Pokhari Before and After its Outburst by Lamsal, Damodar, Sawagaki, Takanobu, Watanabe, Teiji, Byers, Alton C., McKinney, Daene C.

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