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Funding secured to help mitigate ground risk in UK construction sector

05/02/2026

The BGS Common Ground project has been awarded new funding to help unlock the value of ground investigation data.

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Hole-y c*@p! How bat excrement is sculpting Borneo’s hidden caves

23/12/2025

BGS researchers have delved into Borneo’s underworld to learn more about how guano deposited by bats and cave-dwelling birds is shaping the subsurface.

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P1038661
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Funding secured to help mitigate ground risk in UK construction sector

05/02/2026

The BGS Common Ground project has been awarded new funding to help unlock the value of ground investigation data.

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BGS science teacher CPD sessions - plate tectonics, volcanoes and earthquakes
BGS events
Primary science teacher CPD sessions

Event from 04/03/2026 to 17/03/2026

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After-school kids’ clubs

Event from 25/02/2026 to 25/03/2026

An after school club for junior geology enthusiasts

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Can sandstones under the North Sea unlock the UK’s carbon storage potential?

02/02/2026

For the UK to reach its ambitious target of storing 170 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year by 2050, it will need to look beyond the current well-studied geographical areas.

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Quaternary UK offshore data digitised for the first time

21/01/2026

The offshore wind industry will be boosted by the digitisation of a dataset showing the Quaternary geology at the seabed and the UK’s shallow subsurface.

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The ten new soil reference materials, BGS110 to BGS119. BGS © UKRI.
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Suite of ten new soil reference materials released

02/01/2026

BGS has a longstanding track record of producing high-quality reference materials and has released ten new soil reference materials.

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Seismogram from one of the earthquakes in Perthshire on 20 October 2025. BGS © UKRI.
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Perth and Kinross tops the UK’s earthquake activity charts for 2025

29/12/2025

Seismologists at BGS have published data on the number of seismic events over the past 12 months with over 300 earthquakes recorded.

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BGS blogs
Hole-y c*@p! How bat excrement is sculpting Borneo’s hidden caves

23/12/2025

BGS researchers have delved into Borneo’s underworld to learn more about how guano deposited by bats and cave-dwelling birds is shaping the subsurface.

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