Assistant Head of Department

Torgeir Opeland Røthe

Department of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences
Torgeir Opeland Røthe
Tel: +47 57 67 62 44
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Sogndal
HB, H-1037
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Field of work

Quaternary geologist interested in paleoclimate, glaciers and geohazards. 

Research interest:

  • Quaternary glacial geology
  • Paleoclimatic reconstructions
  • Geohazards and their interaction with climate in the past, present and future
  • Source-to-sink approach fingerprinting geological processes using lake sediments

Currently teaching Introduction to geology (GE406) and Climate Change (GE483).

Education and work:

  • 2020-present Associate professor, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
  • 2019-2020: Public sector, Sogn og fjordane fylkeskommune
  • 2014-2018: PhD student from Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen
    Thesis title: Reconstruction of palaeoenvironmental variations from lacustrine sediments in sub-Arctic and Arctic lakes, and their climatic implications
  • 2013-2014: Research assistant Bjerknes senter for climate research
    Lab and field work
  • 2011-2013: Master in quaternary geology and paleoclimate from Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen
    Thesis title: Reconstruction of late holocene glacier and climate variability from the distal glacier-fed lake Kløsa at Mitrahalvøya, Spitsbergen
Research groups

Landslides

Glacier

Selected publications

  • Glacier thinning, recession and advance, and the associated evolution of a glacial lake between 1966 and 2021 at Austerdalsbreen, western Norway

    Seier, Gernot, Abermann, Jakob, Andreassen, Liss Marie, Carrivick, Jonathan L., Kielland, Pål Hage, Löffler, Karina (2023)
    Land Degradation and Development 2023

  • Wall-to-wall peat depth from ground-penetrating radar: lessons from two landscapes in Norway

    Vollering, Julien Martin Marie, Gillespie, Mette Kusk, Gillespie, Mark Andrew, Hamre, Liv Norunn, Koren, Ingrid Knutsdotter, Muggerud, Karl-Kristian (2023)

  • Late Younger Dryas local cirque glacier acƟvity between Ålfotbreen and Davikbreen

    Sønstegaard, Eivind, Aa, Asbjørn Rune, Klakegg, Ove, Røthe, Torgeir Opeland (2023)

  • Wintertime extreme events recorded by lake sediments in Arctic Norway

    Røthe, Torgeir Opeland, Bakke, Jostein, Støren, Eivind Wilhelm Nagel, Dahl, Svein Olaf (2019)
    The Holocene 2019

  • Reconstructions of palaeoenvironmental variations from lacustrine sediments in sub-Arctic and Arctic lakes, and their climatic implications

    Røthe, Torgeir Opeland, Bakke, Jostein (2019)
    Universitetet i Bergen. Isbn: 978-82-308-3534-0