The newsletter changes its name to Cahiers d’OZCAR! The 2025 edition is out!
The IR OZCAR newsletter is now called Les Cahiers d’OZCAR. The 2025 edition of Les Cahiers d’OZCAR has been published and can be found here. We wish you a pleasant reading!
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French network of Critical Zone Observatories: Research and Applications
OZCAR (Critical Zone Observatories: Research and Application) is a national distributed research infrastructure associating most of the French observation sites dedicated to the observation and monitoring of the Critical Zone, CZ, the thin outer venner of Earth’s continents extending from the top of the vegetation canopy down to groundwater.
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2025 Summer School on Geopathy
The OZCAR research infrastructure is a partner of the 2nd edition of the Summer School on Geopathy, organized by the Université des terrestres and the S-composition collective, taking place from July 7 to 11, 2025 at the Maison-Ateliers (Cornillon-en-Trièves, France). This transdisciplinary training program combines science, arts, and civic practices, offering a week of collective […]
Call for abstracts 3rd OZCAR TERENO Conference open until May 5th 2025
The 3rd OZCAR TERENO conference ‘Advancing Critical Zone science’ will take place from 29 September to 2 October 2025 at the FIAP in Paris, France. The conference will take place over 3 days, with a visit to the Orgeval catchment area of the ORACLE/IR OZCAR observatory on 29 September. The conference will combine keynotes in […]
A look back at the annual OZCAR 2025 ‘Critical Zone and Health’ days!
The 9th Annual Meeting of the IR OZCAR took place from 10 to 13 March 2025 in Levier (Doubs). Seventy-five participants were present on site and around fifteen were able to contribute remotely. We would like to thank all the participants for the rich exchanges and lively discussions that took place throughout the day.Despite the […]
Launch of the 1st hydrometry training course by OZCAR RI
This morning saw the start of the first hydrometry training course organized by the OZCAR research infrastructure in Lyon. The event brought together 18 participants – trainers, engineers and technicians from 9 OZCAR RI observatories – around the expertise of RiverLy‘s River Hydraulics team (INRAE, Lyon Villeurbanne). Over two days, participants will alternate between : […]
OZCAR-CRITECH 2024 meetings
OZCAR-CRITECH meetings kick off! From today, the technical community of observatories will be getting together for the OZCAR-CRITECH meetings, the first event of its kind for OZCAR. Running until Wednesday 20 November in Écully, near Lyon, these days will feature oral and poster presentations, sensor and instrument demonstrations, and fruitful exchanges between participants. A key […]
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The newsletter changes its name to Cahiers d’OZCAR! The 2025 edition is out!
The IR OZCAR newsletter is now called Les Cahiers d’OZCAR. The 2025 edition of Les Cahiers d’OZCAR has been published and can be found here. We wish you a pleasant reading!
2025 Summer School on Geopathy
The OZCAR research infrastructure is a partner of the 2nd edition of the Summer School on Geopathy, organized by the Université des terrestres and the S-composition collective, taking place from July 7 to 11, 2025 at the Maison-Ateliers (Cornillon-en-Trièves, France). This transdisciplinary training program combines science, arts, and civic practices, offering a week of collective […]
Call for abstracts 3rd OZCAR TERENO Conference open until May 5th 2025
The 3rd OZCAR TERENO conference ‘Advancing Critical Zone science’ will take place from 29 September to 2 October 2025 at the FIAP in Paris, France. The conference will take place over 3 days, with a visit to the Orgeval catchment area of the ORACLE/IR OZCAR observatory on 29 September. The conference will combine keynotes in […]
A look back at the annual OZCAR 2025 ‘Critical Zone and Health’ days!
The 9th Annual Meeting of the IR OZCAR took place from 10 to 13 March 2025 in Levier (Doubs). Seventy-five participants were present on site and around fifteen were able to contribute remotely. We would like to thank all the participants for the rich exchanges and lively discussions that took place throughout the day.Despite the […]
Launch of the 1st hydrometry training course by OZCAR RI
This morning saw the start of the first hydrometry training course organized by the OZCAR research infrastructure in Lyon. The event brought together 18 participants – trainers, engineers and technicians from 9 OZCAR RI observatories – around the expertise of RiverLy‘s River Hydraulics team (INRAE, Lyon Villeurbanne). Over two days, participants will alternate between : […]
OZCAR-CRITECH 2024 meetings
OZCAR-CRITECH meetings kick off! From today, the technical community of observatories will be getting together for the OZCAR-CRITECH meetings, the first event of its kind for OZCAR. Running until Wednesday 20 November in Écully, near Lyon, these days will feature oral and poster presentations, sensor and instrument demonstrations, and fruitful exchanges between participants. A key […]