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Infographie sur la transition énergétique, issue de la revue Géosciences n°27 du BRGM intitulée "Transition énergétique, les solutions du sous-sol". Infographie sur la transition énergétique, issue de la revue Géosciences n°27 du BRGM intitulée "Transition énergétique, les solutions du sous-sol".
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Energy transition: key figures for 2023
The energy transition is within reach. BRGM is supporting a major and ambitious government objective to double the number of geothermal systems installed each year in private homes. Below is an infog…
22 September 2023
Cover and extract of Issue 27 of the Géosciences journal. Cover and extract of Issue 27 of the Géosciences journal.
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Geosciences No. 27: Subsurface solutions for the Energy Transition
21 September 2023
Map of aquifer levels in mainland France on 1 September 2023. Map of aquifer levels in mainland France on 1 September 2023.
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Groundwater levels on 1 September 2023
18 September 2023
Catherine Lagneau took up her post as Chair and CEO of BRGM on 1 September 2023. Catherine Lagneau took up her post as Chair and CEO of BRGM on 1 September 2023.
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Catherine Lagneau, new Chair and CEO of BRGM
5 September 2023
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Pan de Azucar National Park, Chile Pan de Azucar National Park, Chile
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Rough copper ores. Rough copper ores.
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Congress of the French Mineral Industries Society - SIM 2023
The 2023 edition of the Science Festival will take place across mainland France from Friday 6 to Monday 16 October 2023. The 2023 edition of the Science Festival will take place across mainland France from Friday 6 to Monday 16 October 2023.
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A gorge carved by the Ardèche river A gorge carved by the Ardèche river
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BNPE - National database of quantitative water abstractions
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OneWater – Water as a Common Good: the French national water research programme
The OneWater – Water as a Common Good website brings together all the information from the French national research programme led by CNRS, INRAE and BRGM, aimed at developing knowledge in the field o…
View from the twin slag heaps of Loos-en-Gohelle View from the twin slag heaps of Loos-en-Gohelle
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SOLSA - Sonic online and sampling analysis
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Deep architecture of the Vosges massif compared with geophysical data, realized with Geomodeller 3D (2013) Deep architecture of the Vosges massif compared with geophysical data, realized with Geomodeller 3D (2013)
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GeoModeller: the 3D geological modelling software
The GeoModeller software is used to define the 3D geological architecture (lithologies and faults) of an area, using data of different types and formats (maps, cross-sections, boreholes, geophysical …
BRGM's PRIME platform in Orléans. A plurimetric experimental pilot BRGM's PRIME platform in Orléans. A plurimetric experimental pilot
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PRIME: an innovative test laboratory for soil and water decontamination
In France, almost 9,000 sites are contaminated by heavy metals, such as lead, copper and chromium, as well as by hydrocarbons and organochlorine compounds, which include pesticides and solvents. Deco…
Extract from the French Geological Reference Platform geological map of the Pyrenees Extract from the French Geological Reference Platform geological map of the Pyrenees
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Installing the fertile soil pilot at the La Hisse site (Saint-Samson-sur-Rance, 2022). Installing the fertile soil pilot at the La Hisse site (Saint-Samson-sur-Rance, 2022).
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SURICATES: reusing sediments to improve regional resilience
18 September 2023
Taking samples from the surface layer of a 100-year old technosoil Taking samples from the surface layer of a 100-year old technosoil
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ReCon Soil: developing sustainable soils from construction waste
5 September 2023
A mountain house destroyed by a landslip near Gazost, Hautes-Pyrenees A mountain house destroyed by a landslip near Gazost, Hautes-Pyrenees
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PYRMOVE: managing the risk of landslides in the Pyrenees
18 July 2023
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