Research Focus: Exploration and Responsible Use of Georesources

The Department of Geosciences studies georesources from wind and solar power used as energy resource, via soils enabling agriculture and ecosystem functioning, surface and groundwater used for drinking water and irrigation, to shallow deposits of raw materials needed in construction (sand, gravel, cement) and deeper deposits providing critical elements  needed for the transformation of our economy.

The responsible use of georesources, both renewable and non-renewable, requires balancing competing, legitimate interests, such as nature conservation, agriculture, infrastructure, raw-material extraction, as well as economic and settlement development. Sustainable use of these resources is challenged by climate change and the defossilization of our economy.