icdp for everyone
...understanding how our Earth works and moves
ICDP addresses critical research challenges, including climate change, geohazards like earthquakes and landslides, active geodynamic processes beneath the Earth's surface, and the valuable georesources we all rely on. Promoting awareness of the significance of scientific drilling and its global discoveries is essential to making science more relatable to society. Through in-depth exploration of these topics, ICDP helps to advance understanding and address the major global challenges of our time.
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BASE (South Africa) 2021
ICDP project BASE (Barberton Archean Surface Environments): Drilling precambrian sedimentary strata in the Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa
Media Downloads
Publications for kids
Scientific drilling explained to young scientists
'Secrets Beneath Your Feet'
The Fascinating World of Scientific Drilling
Why do scientists drill into the Earth? Drilling is a valuable tool to unravel secrets of the planet’s history because lots of information is safely stored deep below our feet within the Earth.
Drilling Into the Earth:
How Deep Can We Go?
Drilling into the Earth is important for collecting resources like water and raw materials, and it is also done for scientific reasons, to learn about the planet. A method called rotary drilling is often used to drill holes deep into the Earth.
ICDP Collection for kids
Why do scientists drill the ground beneath our feet?
The whole scientific drilling collection published by Frontiers for Young Minds.
Newsletters
News & Facts
