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Arun Bhakta Shrestha is affiliated with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development in Nepal. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a strong emphasis on water science and technology. They have contributed extensively to subfields such as sociology and political science, atmospheric science, ocean engineering, and global and planetary change.

Their research themes cover a range of topics including hydrology and watershed management studies, cryospheric studies and observations, transboundary water resource management, water-energy-food nexus studies, water resources management and optimization, climate change and permafrost, and flood risk assessment and management.

Shrestha has published numerous articles in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SIRJANĀ - A Journal on Arts and Art Education
  • Sustainability
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Mountain Research and Development
  • Current Science

Among their recent papers are:

  • South Asian agriculture increasingly dependent on meltwater and groundwater, 2022, Nature Climate Change
  • Sustainable Management Options for Healthy Rivers in South Asia: The Case of Brahmaputra, 2021, Sustainability
  • The role of hydropower in South Asia's energy future, 2021, International Journal of Water Resources Development
  • Knowledge Priorities on Climate Change and Water in the Upper Indus Basin: A Horizon Scanning Exercise to Identify the Top 100 Research Questions in Social and Natural Sciences, 2022, Earth's Future
  • Climate Change Impacts on the Hydrology of the Brahmaputra River Basin, 2023, Climate

Shrestha often collaborates with several co-authors, including Arthur Lutz, Santosh Nepal, Hester Biemans, Walter W. Immerzeel, and Sanita Dhaubanjar. These frequent collaborations reflect interdisciplinary and regional engagement, particularly in South Asian water resource and environmental studies.

Best Publications

  • Importance and vulnerability of the world's water towers

    W W Immerzeel;A F Lutz;M Andrade;M Andrade;A Bahl

  • The melting Himalayas: cascading effects of climate change on water, biodiversity, and livelihoods.

    Jianchu Xu;Jianchu Xu;R. Edward Grumbine;Arun Shrestha;Mats Eriksson

  • Consistent increase in High Asia's runoff due to increasing glacier melt and precipitation

    A. F. Lutz;W. W. Immerzeel;W. W. Immerzeel;A. B. Shrestha;M. F. P. Bierkens

  • Maximum Temperature Trends in the Himalaya and Its Vicinity: An Analysis Based on Temperature Records from Nepal for the Period 1971-94

    Arun B. Shrestha;Camerson P. Wake;Paul Andrew Mayewski;Jack E. Dibb

  • Climate change in Nepal and its impact on Himalayan glaciers

    Arun B. Shrestha;Raju Aryal

  • Geomorphic and geologic controls of geohazards induced by Nepal’s 2015 Gorkha earthquake

    J. S. Kargel;G. J. Leonard;D. H. Shugar;U. K. Haritashya

  • High-resolution monitoring of Himalayan glacier dynamics using unmanned aerial vehicles

    Walter Immerzeel;Walter Immerzeel;Walter Immerzeel;P.D.A. Kraaijenbrink;J.M. Shea;A.B. Shrestha

  • Hydrological response to climate change in a glacierized catchment in the Himalayas

    Walter W. Immerzeel;L. P. H. van Beek;M. Konz;A. B. Shrestha

  • Precipitation fluctuations in the Nepal Himalaya and its vicinity and relationship with some large scale climatological parameters.

    Arun B. Shrestha;Arun B. Shrestha;Cameron P. Wake;Jack E. Dibb;Paul A. Mayewski

  • The changing Himalayas: impact of climate change on water resources and livelihoods in the greater Himalayas.

    M. Eriksson;Xu JianChu;A. B. Shrestha;R. A. Vaidya

  • Selecting representative climate models for climate change impact studies : An advanced envelope-based selection approach

    Arthur F. Lutz;Herbert W. ter Maat;Hester Biemans;Arun B. Shrestha

  • Climate Change Impacts on the Upper Indus Hydrology: Sources, Shifts and Extremes

    A. F. Lutz;W. W. Immerzeel;P. D. A. Kraaijenbrink;A. B. Shrestha

  • Importance of snow and glacier meltwater for agriculture on the Indo-Gangetic Plain

    H. Biemans;H. Biemans;C. Siderius;C. Siderius;A. F. Lutz;S. Nepal

  • Unravelling Climate Change in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: Rapid Warming in the Mountains and Increasing Extremes

    Raghavan Krishnan;Arun B. Shrestha;Guoyu Ren;Guoyu Ren;Rupak Rajbhandari

  • The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment

    Arabinda Mishra;Arun Bhakta Shrestha;Philippus Wester;Aditi Mukherji

  • Impact of climate change on the hydrological regime of the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra river basins: a review of the literature

    Santosh Nepal;Arun Bhakta Shrestha

  • Measurements of sulfur dioxide, ozone and ammonia concentrations in Asia, Africa, and South America using passive samplers

    Gregory R. Carmichael;Martin Ferm;Narisara Thongboonchoo;Jung Hun Woo

  • Observed trends and changes in daily temperature and precipitation extremes over the Koshi river basin 1975–2010

    Arun B. Shrestha;Sagar R. Bajracharya;Aseem R. Sharma;Chu Duo

  • The importance of carbon and mineral dust to seasonal aerosol properties in the Nepal Himalaya

    Christian M. Carrico;Christian M. Carrico;Michael H. Bergin;Arun B. Shrestha;Jack E. Dibb

  • Glacial Lake Outburst Floods in the Sagarmatha Region

    Birendra Bajracharya;Arun Bhakta Shrestha;Lokap Rajbhandari

  • Climate change impacts and vulnerability in the Eastern Himalayas (2009).

    E. Sharma;N. Chettri;K. Tse-ring;A. B. Shrestha

Frequent Co-Authors

Walter W. Immerzeel
Walter W. Immerzeel Utrecht University
Guoyu Ren
Guoyu Ren China University of Geosciences
Francesca Pellicciotti
Francesca Pellicciotti Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Joseph M. Shea
Joseph M. Shea University of Northern British Columbia
Marc F. P. Bierkens
Marc F. P. Bierkens Utrecht University
Philippus Wester
Philippus Wester International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Jack E. Dibb
Jack E. Dibb University of New Hampshire
David Molden
David Molden World Bank
Qinglong You
Qinglong You Fudan University
Thomas H. Painter
Thomas H. Painter University of California, Los Angeles

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