About GFL
We are an independent geo-scientific research, consultancy, training and popular science company with established offices and permanently instrumented geomorphologic observation and monitoring field test sites in Norway (Trondheim - Selbu) and Spain (Alicante - Calpe). Our core competence is in the areas of contemporary geomorphologic earth surface processes, sedimentary source-to-sink fluxes and correlations, soil erosion, hazardous earth surface processes, and landscape evolution and understanding under ongoing or accelerated climate change and increasing anthropogenic impacts and pressures. In addition to our research activities, including both basic and applied research, we offer a range of professional services related to scientific research projects, training, consultancy, scientific and popular scientific publishing/outreach and nature- and detail photography.
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Laute, K. & A.A. Beylich (2025): Relating ten years of rock temperature monitoring to rockwall weathering processes in steep mountain valleys in western Norway. Geomorphology 468. Find article here
Wittenberg, L., Shtober-Zisu, N., Lopes Thomaz, E. & A.A. Beylich (Eds.) (in progress): Wildfires and Geomorphology: Processes, Impacts, and Landscape Responses. Geomorphology. Vitual Special Issue. Find further information here
Gao, P., Beylich, A.A., Konsoer, K. & H. Wittmann (Eds.) (2025): Geomorphological responses to extreme weather. Global and Earth Surface Processes Change. Virtual Special Issue. Find further information here
Beylich, A.A., Vázquez Tarrío, D., Li, D., Oliva, M. & M. Morellón Marteles (Eds.) (2024): Climate and Anthropogenic Impacts on Earth Surface Processes in the Anthropocene. Elsevier book. Further information is found here
Laute, K. & A.A. Beylich (2024): A global perspective on climatic and anthropogenic impacts on slope mass movements. In: Beylich, A.A., Vázquez Tarrío, D., Li, D., Oliva, M., Morellón Marteles, M. (Eds.), Climate and Anthropogenic Impacts on Earth Surface Processes in the Anthropocene. Elsevier, 155-175. Find the chapter here
Rogozhina, I., Stroeven, A., Beylich, A.A., Tarasov, L., Suganuma, Y., Schaffer, N., Prange, M., Nesje, A., Mankoff, K., Glasser, N., Bakker, P. & M. Montoya (Eds.) (2025): Icy Landscapes of the Past. Special Issue (CP, TC, ESurf, ESSD). For details see here
Beylich, A.A., Li, D., Savi, S. & J. Remondo (Eds.) (2025): Denudation under changing environment at different spatial and temporal scales. Geomorphology, Special Issue. For details see here
Remondo, J., Forte, L.M., Cendrero, A., Cienciala, P. & A.A. Beylich (2024): Human-driven global geomorphic change. Geomorphology 457, 109233. Find article here
Beylich, A.A. (Ed.) (2024): Fluvial Systems and River Geomorphology. Water, Special issue. See details here
Zhang, T., Li, D., East, A.E., Walling, D.E., Lane, S., Overeem, I., Beylich, A.A., Koppes, M. & X. Lu (2022): Warming-driven erosion and sediment transport in cold regions. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 3, pages 832–851. More information here
Cendrero, A., Remondo, J., Beylich, A.A., Cienciala, P., Forte, L.M., Golosov, V.N., Gusarov, A.V., Kijowska-Strugala, M., Laute, K., Li, D., Navas, A., Soldati, M., Vergari, F., Zwoliński, Z., Dixon, J., Knight, J., Nadal-Romero, E. & E. Placzkowska (2022): Denudation and geomorphic change in the Anthropocene; a global overview. Earth-Science Reviews 233 (2022) 104186. Find article here
Laute K., Navas A. & A.A. Beylich (Eds.) (2021): Denudational processes and landscape responses to global environmental changes. Geomorphology, Virtual Special Issue. For details and content see here
Beylich A.A. (Ed.) (2021): Fluvial Processes and Denudation. Water, Special Issue. Special Issue website with details is found here
Beylich A.A. (Ed.) (2021): Landscapes and Landforms of Norway. Springer. See details here and Book Flyer here
Beylich A.A. & O.T. Pop (Eds.) (2019): Drivers of denudation rates, source-to-sink fluxes, and sedimentary budgets. Geomorphology, Special Issue. For details and content see here
Beylich A.A. & A. Baltakova (Eds.) (2018): Controls and implications of source-to-sink environmental fluxes in selected cold climate environments. Geografiska Annaler, 100A (2). For details and content see here
Morche, D., Beylich, A.A. & M. Krautblatter (Eds.) (2017): Sediment cascades in cold climate geosystems. Geomorphology, 287. For details and content see here
Beylich, A.A., Dixon, J.C. & Z. Zwolinski (Eds.) (2016): Source-to-sink fluxes in undisturbed cold environments. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 408pp. For details and content see here
Latest organized workshops and conference sessions Scientific Sessions on "Responses of geomorphic processes and earth surface systems to extreme weather and climate events", "Denudational dynamics and hazards in a changing environment", "Hillslope processes and landslides in a changing world", and "The role of paraglacial processes in the evolution of glacial landscapes" at the 11th IAG International Conference on Geomorphology, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2-6 February 2026. See details here Scientific Session TS16 on "Methods and tools for monitoring and modelling sediment fluxes in mountain environments" at the IAG Regional Conference on Geomorphology in Timisoara (Romania), 16-18 September 2025. See details here IAG Regional Webinar Northern and Western Europe, 6 March 2025, 13:00-16:00 UTC. See details here Fourth IAG DENUCHANGE Workshop, 23-26 September 2024, Rome, Italy. See details here IAG co-organized Topical Sessions on Earth surface processes in tectonically active and unstable regions and on Impact of contemporary climate change and human activities on geomorphological hazards at the Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, 22-25 September 2024, Anaheim, USA. See details here Scientific Session on "Drivers and rates of denudation across spatiotemporal scales", co-sponsored by IAG, at the EGU General Assembly 2024 in Vienna (Austria), 14-19 April 2024. See details here IAG Regional Webinars Northern Europe (6 March 2024) and Western Europe (1 March 2024) during the International Geomorphology Week 2024. See further information here Invited Keynote Lecture and DENUCHANGE Session at the IAG Regional Conference on Geomorphology, 12-14 September 2023, Cappadocia, Turkiye Scientific Session on "Denudational hillslope and fluvial processes and associated source-to-sink fluxes under changing climate and increasing anthropogenic impacts", co-sponsored by IAG, at the EGU General Assembly 2023 in Vienna (Austria), 23-28 April 2023. See details here Third Workshop of IAG DENUCHANGE: Denudation and Environmental Changes in Different Morphoclimatic Zones, Haifa, Israel (13-16 March 2023). Workshop website see here IAG GeoNorth and GeoNor business and planning meeting (virtual), 25 October 2022, 15:00-16:00 CEST DENUCHANGE scientific session section on 15 September 2022 as part of the Thematic Session 5 on Forms, Processes and Landscape Change and DENUCHANGE business meeting on 16 September 2022 (see report here) at the 10th IAG International Conference on Geomorphology, 12-16 September 2022, Coimbra, Portugal. See Conference website here IAG DENUCHANGE business and planning meeting (virtual), 29 June 2022, 15:00-16:00 CEST, Meeting summary report here Scientific Session on "Hillslope and fluvial processes and associated source-to-sink fluxes and sedimentary budgets under changing climate and anthropogenic impacts", co-sponsored by IAG, at the EGU General Assembly 2022 in Vienna (Austria), 23-27 May 2022. See details here IAG DENUCHANGE business and planning meeting (virtual), 18 May 2022, 15:00-16:00 CEST, Meeting summary report here IAG International Geomorphology Week 2022 with Regional Webinar for Northern Europe (4 March 2022, 09:00-12:45 CET, programme) and IAG DENUCHANGE virtual Round Table (1 March 2022, 15:00-17:00 CET, programme). Further details on the International Geomorphology Week 2022 are found here IAG DENUCHANGE business and planning meeting (virtual), 10 February 2022, 15:00-17:00 CET, Meeting summary report here IAG DENUCHANGE business and planning meeting (virtual), 23 November 2021, 15:00-16:00 CET, Meeting summary report here IAG DENUCHANGE Scientific Webinar, 13 October 2021, 14:30-18:00 CEST, Webinar Flyer and detailed programme see here IAG GeoNorth and GeoNor business and planning meeting (virtual), 1 October 2021, 15:00-16:00 CEST, Meeting summary report here IAG DENUCHANGE business and planning meeting (virtual), 7 September 2021, 15:00-17:00 CEST, Meeting summary report here IAG DENUCHANGE business and planning meeting (virtual), 3 June 2021, 15:00-17:00 CEST, Meeting summary report here IAG GeoNorth and GeoNor business and planning meeting (virtual), 1 June 2021, 14:00-15:00 CEST, Meeting summary report here Scientific Session on "Denudation, land cover dynamics and sedimentary source-to-sink fluxes under changing climate and anthropogenic impacts" at vEGU21: Gather Online, 19-30 April 2021. See details here and session flyer here IAG GeoNorth and GeoNor business and planning meeting (virtual), 15 April 2021, 15:00-17:00 CEST IAG DENUCHANGE business and planning meeting (virtual), 13 April 2021, 15:00-17:00 CEST, Meeting summary report here IAG International Geomorphology Week 2021 with Regional Webinar for Northern Europe (3 March 2021, 13:00-17:00 CET, programme) and IAG DENUCHANGE virtual Round Table (4 March 2021, 15:00-17:30 CET, further details and meeting summary report here). Further details on the International Geomorphology Week 2021 are found here IAG DENUCHANGE business and planning meeting (virtual meeting), 11 February 2021, 15:00-17:30 CET, Meeting summary report here IAG GeoNorth and GeoNor business and planning meeting (virtual meeting), 9 February 2021, 15:00-16:30 CET, Meeting summary report here IAG DENUCHANGE Core Member Business Meeting (Virtual Meeting), 13 October 2020, see agenda here and meeting summary report here First IAG GeoNorth and IAG GeoNor Conference: Geomorphology and Geomorphological Research in the Nordic Countries, 1-2 October 2020, Virtual Conference. First Circular (15 March 2020) see here and Second Circular (16 June 2020) see here and Volume of Abstracts see here Scientific Session on "Pathways of water and sediment from source-to-sink under changing climate, anthropogenic impacts and other disturbances" at EGU 2020: Sharing Geoscience Online, 04-08 May 2020. See details here Scientific DENUCHANGE Session on Denudation in the Mediterranean Zone (S04.) at the IAG Regional Conference on Geomorphology "Geomorphology of Climatically and Tectonically Sensitive Areas", Athens, Greece, 19-21 September 2019. See details here Second Workshop of IAG DENUCHANGE: Denudation and Environmental Changes in Different Morphoclimatic Zones, Calpe (Alicante), Spain, 12-14 September 2019. For details see here Scientific Session on Denudational hillslope and fluvial processes, sedimentary budgets, and landscape responses to global environmental changes (GM7.2) at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2019 in Vienna (Austria), 7-12 April 2019. See further details here First Workshop of IAG DENUCHANGE: Denudation and Environmental Changes in Different Morphoclimatic Zones. Storkowo-Szczecinek (Poland), 25-27 September 2018. For details see here and (Workshop Report and DENUCHANGE Working Group Objective) here DENUCHANGE Planning Meeting and Scientific Session at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2018 in Vienna (Austria), 8-13 April 2018. For details see here and here
Latest organized workshops and conference sessions Scientific Sessions on "Responses of geomorphic processes and earth surface systems to extreme weather and climate events", "Denudational dynamics and hazards in a changing environment", "Hillslope processes and landslides in a changing world", and "The role of paraglacial processes in the evolution of glacial landscapes" at the 11th IAG International Conference on Geomorphology, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2-6 February 2026. See details here Scientific Session TS16 on "Methods and tools for monitoring and modelling sediment fluxes in mountain environments" at the IAG Regional Conference on Geomorphology in Timisoara (Romania), 16-18 September 2025. See details here IAG Regional Webinar Northern and Western Europe, 6 March 2025, 13:00-16:00 UTC. See details here Fourth IAG DENUCHANGE Workshop, 23-26 September 2024, Rome, Italy. See details here IAG co-organized Topical Sessions on Earth surface processes in tectonically active and unstable regions and on Impact of contemporary climate change and human activities on geomorphological hazards at the Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, 22-25 September 2024, Anaheim, USA. See details here Scientific Session on "Drivers and rates of denudation across spatiotemporal scales", co-sponsored by IAG, at the EGU General Assembly 2024 in Vienna (Austria), 14-19 April 2024. See details here IAG Regional Webinars Northern Europe (6 March 2024) and Western Europe (1 March 2024) during the International Geomorphology Week 2024. See further information here Invited Keynote Lecture and DENUCHANGE Session at the IAG Regional Conference on Geomorphology, 12-14 September 2023, Cappadocia, Turkiye Scientific Session on "Denudational hillslope and fluvial processes and associated source-to-sink fluxes under changing climate and increasing anthropogenic impacts", co-sponsored by IAG, at the EGU General Assembly 2023 in Vienna (Austria), 23-28 April 2023. See details here Third Workshop of IAG DENUCHANGE: Denudation and Environmental Changes in Different Morphoclimatic Zones, Haifa, Israel (13-16 March 2023). Workshop website see here IAG GeoNorth and GeoNor business and planning meeting (virtual), 25 October 2022, 15:00-16:00 CEST DENUCHANGE scientific session section on 15 September 2022 as part of the Thematic Session 5 on Forms, Processes and Landscape Change and DENUCHANGE business meeting on 16 September 2022 (see report here) at the 10th IAG International Conference on Geomorphology, 12-16 September 2022, Coimbra, Portugal. See Conference website here IAG DENUCHANGE business and planning meeting (virtual), 29 June 2022, 15:00-16:00 CEST, Meeting summary report here Scientific Session on "Hillslope and fluvial processes and associated source-to-sink fluxes and sedimentary budgets under changing climate and anthropogenic impacts", co-sponsored by IAG, at the EGU General Assembly 2022 in Vienna (Austria), 23-27 May 2022. See details here IAG DENUCHANGE business and planning meeting (virtual), 18 May 2022, 15:00-16:00 CEST, Meeting summary report here IAG International Geomorphology Week 2022 with Regional Webinar for Northern Europe (4 March 2022, 09:00-12:45 CET, programme) and IAG DENUCHANGE virtual Round Table (1 March 2022, 15:00-17:00 CET, programme). Further details on the International Geomorphology Week 2022 are found here IAG DENUCHANGE business and planning meeting (virtual), 10 February 2022, 15:00-17:00 CET, Meeting summary report here IAG DENUCHANGE business and planning meeting (virtual), 23 November 2021, 15:00-16:00 CET, Meeting summary report here IAG DENUCHANGE Scientific Webinar, 13 October 2021, 14:30-18:00 CEST, Webinar Flyer and detailed programme see here IAG GeoNorth and GeoNor business and planning meeting (virtual), 1 October 2021, 15:00-16:00 CEST, Meeting summary report here IAG DENUCHANGE business and planning meeting (virtual), 7 September 2021, 15:00-17:00 CEST, Meeting summary report here IAG DENUCHANGE business and planning meeting (virtual), 3 June 2021, 15:00-17:00 CEST, Meeting summary report here IAG GeoNorth and GeoNor business and planning meeting (virtual), 1 June 2021, 14:00-15:00 CEST, Meeting summary report here Scientific Session on "Denudation, land cover dynamics and sedimentary source-to-sink fluxes under changing climate and anthropogenic impacts" at vEGU21: Gather Online, 19-30 April 2021. See details here and session flyer here IAG GeoNorth and GeoNor business and planning meeting (virtual), 15 April 2021, 15:00-17:00 CEST IAG DENUCHANGE business and planning meeting (virtual), 13 April 2021, 15:00-17:00 CEST, Meeting summary report here IAG International Geomorphology Week 2021 with Regional Webinar for Northern Europe (3 March 2021, 13:00-17:00 CET, programme) and IAG DENUCHANGE virtual Round Table (4 March 2021, 15:00-17:30 CET, further details and meeting summary report here). Further details on the International Geomorphology Week 2021 are found here IAG DENUCHANGE business and planning meeting (virtual meeting), 11 February 2021, 15:00-17:30 CET, Meeting summary report here IAG GeoNorth and GeoNor business and planning meeting (virtual meeting), 9 February 2021, 15:00-16:30 CET, Meeting summary report here IAG DENUCHANGE Core Member Business Meeting (Virtual Meeting), 13 October 2020, see agenda here and meeting summary report here First IAG GeoNorth and IAG GeoNor Conference: Geomorphology and Geomorphological Research in the Nordic Countries, 1-2 October 2020, Virtual Conference. First Circular (15 March 2020) see here and Second Circular (16 June 2020) see here and Volume of Abstracts see here Scientific Session on "Pathways of water and sediment from source-to-sink under changing climate, anthropogenic impacts and other disturbances" at EGU 2020: Sharing Geoscience Online, 04-08 May 2020. See details here Scientific DENUCHANGE Session on Denudation in the Mediterranean Zone (S04.) at the IAG Regional Conference on Geomorphology "Geomorphology of Climatically and Tectonically Sensitive Areas", Athens, Greece, 19-21 September 2019. See details here Second Workshop of IAG DENUCHANGE: Denudation and Environmental Changes in Different Morphoclimatic Zones, Calpe (Alicante), Spain, 12-14 September 2019. For details see here Scientific Session on Denudational hillslope and fluvial processes, sedimentary budgets, and landscape responses to global environmental changes (GM7.2) at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2019 in Vienna (Austria), 7-12 April 2019. See further details here First Workshop of IAG DENUCHANGE: Denudation and Environmental Changes in Different Morphoclimatic Zones. Storkowo-Szczecinek (Poland), 25-27 September 2018. For details see here and (Workshop Report and DENUCHANGE Working Group Objective) here DENUCHANGE Planning Meeting and Scientific Session at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2018 in Vienna (Austria), 8-13 April 2018. For details see here and here