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.

Landskap — Lyngseidet from Nordnesfjellet. Photo: Pål Ringkjøb Nielsen

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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.

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Wine grapes in Norwegian agriculture: an exploratory study of Norway's potential for wine grape cultivation due to climate change

Publications

2025

Pennos, C., Skoglund, R.Ø., 2025: Cave-PY a QGIS plugin to identify cave levels from geospatially referenced cave surveys. Acta Carsologica, 54(1).

2024

Skoglund, R.Ø., Lauritzen, S.-E., Hestangen, H., Skutlaberg, S., Pennos, C., 2024: Influence of the last (de)glaciation on a complex cave system: Grønli-Seter cave system, Northern Norway. Geomorphology 455

2023

Skoglund, R.Ø., Pennos, C., Perşoiu, A, Sotiriadis, Y., 2023: Karstic aquifers – simple or hybrid systems? Thermal stories from Maaras cave, Greece. Water 15(3)

2020

Olarinoye, T., Gleeson, T., Marx, V. et al. Global karst springs hydrograph dataset for research and management of the world’s fastest-flowing groundwater. Sci Data 7, 59 (2020).

2013

Skoglund, R.Ø. & Lauritzen, S.-E. 2013: Characterisation of a post-glacial invasion aquifer: the Grønli–Seter karst system, northern Norway. 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.