Torgeir Opeland Røthe

Field of work

Quaternary geologist interested in paleoclimate, glaciers and geohazards. Currently teaching GE413-Cartography and GIS and GE483-Climate Change

Education and work:

• 2014-2019 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
  Journal publications:
  Røthe T. O., Bakke J., Vasskog K., Gjerde M., D'Andrea W.J. and Bradley, R.S (2015) Arctic Holocene glacier fluctuations reconstructed from lake sediments at Mitrahalvøya, Spitsbergen
  Røthe T. O., Bakke J., Støren E.W.N and Bradley R.S. (2018) Reconstructing Holocene glacier and climate fluctuations from lake sediments in Vårfluesjøen, Northern Spitsbergen
  Røthe T. O., Bakke J. and Støren E.W.N (2019) Glacier outburst floods reconstructed from lake sediments and their implications for Holocene variations of the plaeau glacier Folgefonna in western Norway
  Røthe T. O., Bakke J., Støren E.W.N and Dahl S.O. (2019) Wintertime extreme events recorded by lake sediments in Arctic Norway
• 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