Physical and Environmental Geography
The geological and biological processes that have shaped and continue to shape the landscape are vital to public safety, land use, and the environment. We study all Earth´s external processes, including past and current climate changes, water resources, geohazards, and the ongoing nature crisis.
Affiliation
About the research group
We study all past and present external geological and biological processes that are significant for Earth's climate and environment and influence ongoing climate changes crucial for settlement, transportation, land management, food security, energy production, and the environment. This includes access to clean drinking water, geohazards such as avalanches, floods, and storms, sea-level changes, and the declining natural biodiversity.
Research topics
Featured
Projects
Research projects
Publications
2025
Pennos, C., Skoglund, R.Ø., 2025: Acta Carsologica, 54(1). (AcademicArticle)
Pennos, Christos; Perraki, Maria; Pechlivanidou, Sofia; Skoglund, Rannveig Øvrevik; Salmas, Christos; Vasileiou, Eleni (2025) (AcademicArticle)
Andersen, Gidske Leknæs (2025) (Vitenskapelig foredrag)
Bødtker, Gunhild; Hovland, Beate; Bastesen, Eivind; Andersen, Gidske Leknæs (2025) (AcademicArticle)
Pennos, Christos; Georgiadis, Fotis; Pechlivanidou, Sofia; Skoglund, Rannveig Øvrevik; Buzjak, Nenad; Lauritzen, Stein Erik (2025) (AcademicArticle)
Bhattarai, Prakash; Vetaas, Ole Reidar; Zhao, Guang (2025) (AcademicArticle)
2024
Skoglund, R.Ø., Lauritzen, S.-E., Hestangen, H., Skutlaberg, S., Pennos, C., 2024: Geomorphology 455
Svein Olaf Dahl; Pål Ringkjøb Nielsen (2024) (AcademicArticle)
Pål Ringkjøb Nielsen; Svein Olaf Dahl; Ingvild Skodvin Prestegård; Kristian Vasskog; Benjamin Aubrey Robson (2024) (AcademicArticle)
Kuber Prasad Bhatta; Ondrej Mottl; Vivian Astrup Felde; John-Arvid Grytnes; Triin Reitalu; Hilary Helen Birks; Harry John Betteley Birks; Ole Reidar Vetaas (2024) (AcademicArticle)
Nicholas L Balascio; William J. D'Andrea; Roger C. Creel; Leah Marshall; Moussa Dia; Stephen Kent Wickler; R. Scott Anderson; Jacqueline Austermann; Kristian Vasskog; Pål Ringkjøb Nielsen; Svein Olaf Dahl (2024) (AcademicArticle)
2023
Skoglund, R.Ø., Pennos, C., Perşoiu, A, Sotiriadis, Y., 2023: Water 15(3)
Anne Christine Lien (2023) (AcademicArticle)
Rebecca Navarro,Lars Wirkus,Olena Dubovyk (2023) (AcademicArticle)
Henrik Løseth Jansen,Svein Olaf Dahl,Henriette Linge,Jostein Bakke,Pål Ringkjøb Nielsen,Bjørn Christian Kvisvik (2023) (AcademicLiteratureReview)
Daniel Jack Thomas,Benjamin Aubrey Robson,Adina E. Racoviteanu (2023) (AcademicArticle)
Frank Weiser,Anna Walentowitz,Esther Baumann,Christopher Shatto,MarÃa Guerrero-Campos,Anke Jentsch,Manuel Nogales,Félix Manuel Medina,Ole Reidar Vetaas,Carl Beierkuhnlein (2023) (AcademicArticle)
Carl Beirkuhnlein,Manuel Nogales,Richard Field,Ole Reidar Vetaas,Anna Walentowitz,Frank Weiser,Reinhold Stahlmann,MarÃa Guerrero-Campos,Anke Jentsch,Félix M. Medina,Alessandro Chiarucci (2023) (AcademicArticle)
Romilly Harris Stuart,Anne-Katrine Faber,Sonja Wahl,Maria Hörhold,Sepp Kipfstuhl,Kristian Vasskog,Melanie Behrens,Alexandra M. Zuhr,Hans Christian Steen-Larsen (2023) (AcademicArticle)
Jason P. Briner,John Inge Svendsen,Jan Mangerud,Henriette Linge,Richard Gyllencreutz,Svein Olaf Dahl,Derek Fabel (2023) (AcademicArticle)
Heidi Iren Saure,Ole Reidar Vetaas,Kristian Hassel,Vigdis Vandvik (2023) (AcademicArticle)
Simon König,Frank Thonfeld,Michael Förster,Olena Dubovyk,Marco Dietmar Heurich (2023) (AcademicArticle)
Roberto Cazzolla Gatti,Piero Zannini,Gianluca Piovesan,Nicola Alessi,Alberto Basset,Carl Beierkuhnlein,Michele Di Musciano,Richard Field,John M. Halley,Samuel Hoffmann,Jacopo Iaria,Athanasios Kallimanis,Gabor L. Lövei,Albert Morera,Antonello Provenzale,Duccio Rocchini,Ole Reidar Vetaas,Alessandro Chiarucci (2023) (AcademicArticle)
2022
Anne Christine Lien;Anders Lundberg (2022) (AcademicArticle)
Janik Hoffmann;Javier Muro;Olena Dubovyk (2022) (AcademicArticle)
Hong Qian;Michael Kessler;Ole Reidar Vetaas (2022) (AcademicArticle)
Helen Gerdeber;Juergen Kusche;Kerstin Schulze;Gohar Ghazaryan;Olena Dubovyk (2022) (AcademicArticle)
Philipp Marr;Stefan Winkler;Svein Olaf Dahl;Jörg Löffler (2022) (AcademicArticle)
Dagmar Martina Hanz;Mirela Beloiu;Raja Wipfler;Carl Beierkuhnlein;Richard Field;Anke Jentsch;Ole Reidar Vetaas;Severin David Howard Irl (2022) (AcademicArticle)
Gidske Leknæs Andersen;Knut Krzywinski;Mohammed Talib;Mohammed A. M. Musa (2022) (AcademicArticle)
Benjamin Aubrey Robson;Daniel Hölbling;Pål Ringkjøb Nielsen;Max Koller (2022) (AcademicArticle)
David Kienle;Anna Walentowitz;Leyla Sungur;Alessandro Chiarucci;Severin D. H. Irl;Anke Jentsch;Ole Reidar Vetaas;Richard Field;Carl Beierkuhnlein (2022) (AcademicArticle)
Javier Muro;Anja Linstädter;Paul Magdon;Stephan Wöllauer;Florian A. Männer;Lisa-Maricia Schwarz;Gohar Ghazaryan;Johannes Schultz;Zbyněk Malenovský;Olena Dubovyk (25.1) (AcademicArticle)
Ana Sofia Reboleira;Kasun H. Bodawatta;Nynne M. R. Ravn;Stein Erik Lauritzen;Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund;Michael Poulsen;Anders Michelsen;Knud Andreas Jønsson (2022) (AcademicArticle)
2020
Olarinoye, T., Gleeson, T., Marx, V. et al. Sci Data 7, 59 (2020).
2021
Sailendra Dewan;Bhoj Kumar Acharya;Ole Reidar Vetaas;Sudeep Ghatani (2021) (AcademicArticle)
Floreana Miesen;Svein Olaf Dahl;Lothar Schrott (2021) (AcademicArticle)
Kuber Prasad Bhatta;Benjamin Aubrey Robson;Madan Krishna Suwal;Ole Reidar Vetaas (2021) (AcademicArticle)
Michele Di Musciano;Piero Zannini;Chiara Ferrara;Lorenzo Spina;Juri Nascimbene;Ole R. Vetaas;Kuber P. Bhatta;Marco d'Agostino;Lorenzo Peruzzi;Angelino Carta;Alessandro Chiarucci (2021) (AcademicArticle)
Eivind Bastesen;Marte Haave;Gidske Leknæs Andersen;Gaute Velle;Gunhild Bødtker;Charlotte Gannefors Krafft (2021) (AcademicArticle)
Nicolas Waldmann;Kristian Vasskog;Guy Simpson;Emmanuel Chapron;Eivind Wilhelm Nagel Støren;Louise Hansen;Jean-Luc Loizeau;Atle Nesje;Daniel Ariztegui (2021) (AcademicArticle)
Frank Weiser;Anna Sauer;Daria Gettueva;Richard Field;Severin D. H. Irl;Ole Reidar Vetaas;Alessandro Chiarucci;Samuel Hoffmann;José MarÃa Fernández-Palacios;Rüdiger Otto;Anke Jentsch;Antonello Provenzale;Carl Beierkuhnlein (2021) (AcademicArticle)
Marco Cervellini;Michele Di Musciano;Piero Zannini;Simone Fattorini;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Emiliano Agrillo;Fabio Attorre;Pierangela Angelini;Carl Beierkuhnlein;Laura Casella;Richard Field;Jan-Christopher Fischer;Piero Genovesi;Samuel Hoffmann;Severin D.H. Irl;Juri Nascimbene;Duccio Rocchini;Manuel Steinbauer;Ole Reidar Vetaas;Alessandro Chiarucci (2021) (AcademicArticle)
2013
Skoglund, R.Ø. & Lauritzen, S.-E. 2013: Norwegian Journal of Geology 93, 61–73,
Lauritzen, S.E. & Skoglund, R. Ø., 2013. Glacier Ice-Contact Speleogenesis in Marble Stripe Karst. In: Shroder (Ed. In Chief), Frumkin (ed.) Treatise on Geomorphology. Academic Press, San Diego, CA, vol. 6, Karst Geomorphology, 363-396.
Master's theses
Schuckardt, Jana Sophia (2025)
Gran, Lauritz Skille (2025)
Fosse, Marthe Emilie (2025)
Hamre, Sofie Sisselsdatter (2025)
Spangen, Maria (2025)
Paulsen, Sara (2025)
Aasebø, Mireille Ruamklang (2025)
Trybusch, Toni Lorenz (2025)
Hatch, Brittany La Fae (2025)
Doctoral theses
Anne Christine Lien (2024)
Henrik Løseth Jansen (2017)
Kjersti Straume (2016)
Pål Ringkjøb Nielsen (2016)
Benjamin Aubrey Robson (2016)
Lila Nath Sharma (2016)
Siren Therese Sælemyr (2015)
Tone Marie Ektvedt (2012)
Keshav Paudel (2011)
Andrei Florin Marin (2010)
Anders Bryn (2009)
Sebastian Eiter (2007)
Anne-Grete Bøe (2006)
Jostein Bakke (2004)
People
Group manager
Svein Olaf Dahl Professor
Group members
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Ole Reidar Vetaas Professor