Solutions are based on multidisciplinary integration and active participation in policy-making to ensure clean air, unpolluted drinking water, soil quality, quality of life and geothermal energy for subsistence food production.
We are using our knowledge and scientific knowledge to build a society where we use natural resources responsibly, sustainably and with the least possible impact on the environment. Our work is focused on defining and researching themes that contribute to understanding environmental change and on implementing preventive rather than curative action.
Strategic objectives
1. Developing principles of environmental forensics to comprehensively monitor the dynamics of substances in the environment (air, water, sediment, soil, urban media) from source to sink.
2. Participation in the preparation of strategic documents and activities in the field of environmental protection and the search for and sustainable use of water resources.
Activities
To achieve these two strategic objectives, we are implementing the following activities:
- We are developing methods to characterise the natural background of selected parameters in soil and groundwater, including the identification of geogenic contaminants.
- We are developing identification and methods to monitor changes in the content and occurrence of inorganic and organic pollutants in all media.
- We study the impact of pollution on soil and groundwater conditions (chemical pollution, microbiological pollution).
- We develop research to study the consequences and remedy pollution and degradation by Remediation of soil/water/sediments, based on process research and developing monitoring methods.
- We are developing research to link geology with the medical profession to study the impact on public health.
- We are actively involved in the preparation of strategic documents on environmental protection and the sustainable use of water resources
- We are involved in official action protocols for expert advice on ecological disasters (from traffic, industry, etc.), and we plan preventive measures and predict potential impacts.
- We are stepping up research to find additional sources of groundwater.
- Monitor in the light of climate change and active anthropogenic activities changeWe monitor quantitative and qualitative trends in water resources.
Projects
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Paleoreconstruction of past coastlines - what role for topography?
Paleoreconstructions are a useful representation to better understand past, present and future responses to environmental change...
Onset of Pliocene-Early Pleistocene sedimentation in the southeastern Alpine foothills (Velenje Basin, Slovenia) and impact on the palaeoenvironment
In this study, the authors focus on Pliocene-Early Pleistocene river terraces in...
Identification of the mineral dynamics within the bog as reflected in the composition of the water
The hydrology of bogs plays an important role in maintaining or changing the record of past atmospheric deposition in bogs....
Microplastics in groundwater: pathways, occurrence and monitoring challenges
Microplastics are small particles of plastic, less than 5 mm in size, and are considered to be a modern-day pollutant. Its...
European Raw Materials Week in Brussels
On the occasion of the European Raw Materials Week in Brussels, the importance of a common geological service for Europe was highlighted....
Completion of the PanAfGeo-2 project
The PanAfGeo-2 project, which aims to improve the quality of...
Presentation of the results of the MURmap project, Dr. Gorazd Žibret and Barbara Čeplak, 4 December 2024 in an article on Televizija AS, Murska Sobota
See more at: http://www.televizijaas.si/oddaje/video/4950-predstavitev_rezultatov_projekta_murmap_4_12_2024.
New features in the Public Well Viewer of the Republic of Slovenia
The Mining Public Service of the Geological Survey of the Czech Republic, in cooperation with the Mining Division of the Ministry of...
Field research in Nepal
In November, GoeZS Associate Dr Tea Kolar Jurkovšek participated in field research in Nepal,...
Event: Geochemical properties of water and sediments of the Mura River
At the end of November, GeoZS held an expert event in Radenci as part of the MURmap project...
Events
Second Consultation on the preparation of the National Research Programme on Critical Mineral Resources, 8 April 2025
The GeoZS is responsible for the preparation of the Proposal for a National Programme for the General Exploration of Critical Raw Materials and Critical Raw Materials Carrier Minerals (hereinafter referred to as the "NRP"), which all Member States are required to prepare by May 2025 in accordance with the provisions of the Regulation establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of...
14th International Conference of the Association for the Study of Marble and Other Rocks in Antiquity, Ljubljana, 15-20 September 2025
The 14th International Conference of the Association for the Study of Marble and Other Rocks in Antiquity will take place in Ljubljana from 15 to 20 September. More about the conference: https://asmosia14.si/domov/
27th Slovenian Geologists' Consultation, 4 April 2025
A consultation of Slovenian geologists will take place in Ljubljana on 4 April.More information: https://sites.google.com/geo.ntf.uni-lj.si/27-posvet-slovenskih-geologov
International Conference IRTC25: From Raw Material Policies to Practice, 19-21 February 2025
The International Round Table on Materials Criticality (IRTC), an international expert conference on the exchange of knowledge on critical raw materials, will take place in Ljubljana from 19 to 21 February. The conference will present the latest research in this field, industry representatives will present examples of different practices in companies,...