The main long-term goal of CzechGeo/EPOS activities is to contribute to the understanding of the Earth as a whole, so that it is possible to predict its behaviour in the near future as accurately as possible. Thus, for example, to learn to predict earthquakes and mitigate the catastrophic consequences associated with them.
In the future, CzechGeo/EPOS aims to complete and supplement the e-platform enabling the integration of services, the development of application equipment for data collection and the development and use of modern technologies for the presentation and provision of data in the field of Earth sciences. The basis is the development of the database in accordance with international standards and in connection with European and global infrastructures. This e-platform will also enable more efficient use of data for research, scientific analysis and modern outputs of results (geovisualization).
The main directions of research are: monitoring and research of seismic activity in the Czech Republic and other selected areas of Europe, study of the lithosphere and upper mantle structure of the European continent from international passive seismic experiments, study of geodynamic phenomena, paleoclimate reconstruction from long-term temperature series in wells, study of long-term and short-term changes in the geomagnetic field, development of the database in accordance with international standards and in relation to the European and global infrastructures, as well as study, development and use of modern technologies for the presentation and provision of geoscience data.
By installing new and maintaining existing geophysical and geodetic stations and observatories with online transmission to data centres, the infrastructure CzechGeo/EPOS may contribute to the construction of earthquake early warning systems in seismically active areas. These systems already operate in developed countries (Japan, USA) with a dense infrastructure of seismic stations and can mitigate the consequences of devastating earthquakes.