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June 16, 2014
Nobuk Glacier Retreat, Tamor Basin, Nepal
At the headwaters of the Tamor Basin in eastern Nepal is an unnamed glacier that terminates in an expanding glacial lake. The glacier is referred to as “Nobuk” Glacier here in reference to the nearby named peak on the map. The glacier is upstream of a Chheche Pokhari a lake formed by a glacier outburst flood in 1980. Two arms of the glacier both avalanche fed from the steep border …
Dean of Academic Affairs at Nichols College and Professor of Environmental Science at Nichols College in Massachusetts since 1989. Glaciologist directing the North Cascade Glacier Climate Project since 1984. This project monitors the mass balance and behavior of more glaciers than any other in North America.