Geo-Environment Research Division
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
Droughts and floods caused by climate change occur frequently, and
the sustainability of the global environment is threatened by the
widening of the range of human activities in the ground and
underground spaces due to land development. To reduce greenhouse
gases such as carbon dioxide and respond to environmental changes,
the Geo-Environment Research Division conducts research and
development on technologies for carbon capture and storage, securing
sustainable groundwater resources and ecosystem conservation,
groundwater and geothermal utilization, and prevention of groundwater and
soil pollution and restoration to respond to climate change and
environmental changes. The Geo-Environment Research Division has 4
research centers: the Geological Carbon Storage Research Center, the
Groundwater Resources Research Center, the Groundwater Environment
Research Center, and the Environmental Geology Research Center. These
centers contribute to the realization of a sustainable society and the
improvement of the quality of life for the people through the development
of specific technologies and integrated research in each field.
Research Areas
- Securing CO2 storage for carbon reduction
- Development of Technologies for Enhancing the Efficiency and Safety of CO2 Geological Storage and Full Life cycle Integration
- Development of Technologies to solve the water shortage and secure clean and safe groundwater development and conservation
- Securing sustainable groundwater resources
- Future prediction of groundwater Resources
- Investigation, evaluation, and utilization of renewable energy using ground and groundwater heat for Carbon Neutralization
- Development of conservation and management technology of soil/groundwater
- Evaluation, reduction and restoration of soil/groundwater pollution
- Controlling and Preventing the geological origin contaminants
Major Achievements
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Promising structural geological model and storage capacity evaluation
for CO2 Underground Storage
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Map of groundwater information on a national scale
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Presentation of promising groundwater resource development
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Map of geological potential harmful elements (G-PHEs) with geolgical
origin
