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.
The 3rd OZCAR-TERENO conference, jointly organized by the OZCAR research network in France and TERENO in Germany, was held from September 29 to October 2, 2025, in Paris at FIAP Jean Monnet. Like the previous editions held in Strasbourg in 2021 and Bonn in 2023, it was a great success, bringing together nearly 260 participants […]
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!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 : […]
The 3rd OZCAR-TERENO conference, jointly organized by the OZCAR research network in France and TERENO in Germany, was held from September 29 to October 2, 2025, in Paris at FIAP Jean Monnet. Like the previous editions held in Strasbourg in 2021 and Bonn in 2023, it was a great success, bringing together nearly 260 participants […]
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!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 : […]