Monitoring of cave environments has substantially expanded over the past decade in the wake of cave heritage preservation, speleothem-based paleoclimatology, hydrology and climatic change. Technological progress in the accuracy of sensors, in the automatization of measurements, and new developments coupled with new data reporting possibilities has opened large perspectives for a better understanding of underground processes, especially cave climate modeling and rainfall infiltration. Since investigation of COSKA project relies on collection (and later on interpretation and modelling) of accurate data in the cave, we participated in the 4th Cave monitoring workshop, held in Les Eyzies (Dordogne, France) on 6th and 7th of May 2025.

Discussion and presentation part of the Workshop was followed by a visit to two caves in the Pyrenees (Gargas Cave and Esparros Cave) where extensive cave monitoring work has been done and we were able to inspect and discuss monitoring equipment in situ.

Krklec Kristina, Domínguez-Villar David, Sonja Lojen, Željka Zgorelec (2025): Monitoring of cave atmosphere in Eagle Cave, Spain. 4th Cave monitoring workshop.

Domínguez-Villar David, Krklec, Kristina, Sonja Lojen (2025): Design of a diffusion well to sample soil CO2 for isotope analyses. 4th Cave monitoring workshop.