Research News and Awards
The Geological Society, London and the British Geological Survey are to co-ordinate a forward look or horizon scanning exercise to ...
»» more »» 12-11-2009
The BGS have recently taken delivery of a new survey vessel, the 'White Ribbon', for work in nearshore and freshwater environments ...
»» more »» 15-12-2009
Ricky Terrington and Helen Burke were commended for innovation and best practice at the Association of Geographical Information An ...
»» more »» 03-12-2009
Dr Dave Millward was presented with the Yorkshire Geological Society's (YGS) John Phillips Medal for 2009 by YGS president Paul Wi ...
»» more »» 01-12-2009
Recent publications
Smith, Alan. 2009 Accuracy of BGS legacy digital geological map data. British Geological Survey, 24pp. (OR/09/064) (Unpublished) ...
»» more »» 10-12-2009
Howe, Mike. 2009 Darwin & the Geological Survey : an unlikely collaboration? [Lecture] In: Darwin in the field : collecting, ...
»» more »» 09-12-2009
British Geological Survey. 2009 Lerwick Observatory Monthly Magnetic Bulletin: November 2009. British Geological Survey, 31pp. ( ...
»» more »» 09-12-2009
British Geological Survey. 2009 Eskdalemuir Observatory Monthly Magnetic Bulletin: November 2009. British Geological Survey, 31p ...
»» more »» 09-12-2009
MacDonald, A.M.; Dochartaigh, B.E.O.; Calow, R.C.; Shalabi, Y.; Selah, K.; Merrett, S.. 2009 Mapping groundwater development cos ...
»» more »» 08-12-2009
British Geological Survey. 2009 Eskdalemuir Observatory Monthly Magnetic Bulletin: November 2009. British Geological Survey. (Mo ...
»» more »» 08-12-2009
British Geological Survey. 2009 Hartland Observatory Monthly Magnetic Bulletin: November 2009. British Geological Survey, 31pp. ...
»» more »» 08-12-2009
British Geological Survey. 2009 Lerwick Observatory Monthly Magnetic Bulletin: November 2009. British Geological Survey, 31pp. ( ...
»» more »» 08-12-2009
Hannis, Sarah; Bide, Tom. 2009 Cobalt. British Geological Survey, 19pp. (Unpublished)
»» more »» 08-12-2009
What's new on the website
New free service — View maps, download photographs, reports, data... ...
»» more »» 09-12-2009
Download the 2008-09 Annual report
»» more »» 07-12-2009
BGS is working towards providing comprehensive baseline data on the chemistry of the UK surface environment, thus improving our un ...
»» more »» 07-12-2009
In late 2008 the BGS commissioned an independent review of all its facilities...
»» more »» 25-11-2009
BGS Events diary
The Extractive Industry Geology 2010 conference will be held at the University of Portsmouth from 8th to 11th September 2010. This ...
»» more »» 08-09-2010
Sixth IMA Conference on modelling permeable rocks with a special focus on C02 storage.
BGS geologist Mike Brown will lead a half- ...
»» more »» 29-03-2010
Oceanology International is a major event for the marine science and technology community, which will take place at the ExCel con ...
»» more »» 09-03-2010
William Smith (1769-1839) and the new art of mineral surveying by Hugh Torrens, Emeritus Professor, Keele University
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»» more »» 16-12-2009
BGS News Releases
Discover if you live on rocks from an extinct volcano, in the middle of an
ancient river or deep under a Caribbean-like sea teemin ...
»» more »» 07-12-2009
How did the son of a blacksmith produce the world's first geological map? The 2009 BGS Christmas Lecture will tell the story of th ...
»» more »» 16-12-2009
The British Geological Survey (BGS) at Keyworth, Nottingham will be running free guided tours of its National Archive holdings on ...
»» more »» 05-12-2009
Jon Gluyas, Professor in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Geo-Energy at Durham University, has been appointed chairman of the ...
»» more »» 04-12-2009
BGS in the media
Science reporter, BBC News Ever wondered if there was a volcano under your home? Well, now you can find out by using the British ...
»» more »» 08-12-2009
The effects of geology, climate and vegetation on heave and settlement Derek Clarke and Joel Smethurst Trees are vital elements ...
»» more »» 14-12-2009
New discoveries about the deep oceans temperature variability and circulation system could help improve projections of future cli ...
»» more »» 11-12-2009
We, members of the UK science community, have the utmost confidence in the observational evidence for global warming and the scien ...
»» more »» 09-12-2009
Discover if you live on rocks from an extinct volcano, in the middle of an ancient river or deep under a Caribbean-like sea teemin ...
»» more »» 07-12-2009
The British Geological Survey (BGS) has thrown open its image library. It is now searchable and free to use for non-commercial pur ...
»» more »» 07-12-2009
Ever wondered if there was a volcano under your home? Ever wondered if there was a volcano under your home? Well, now you can fin ...
»» more »» 07-12-2009
Today, the BGS released their OpenGeoscience portal, a free service for non-commercial private study, research and educational act ...
»» more »» 07-12-2009
Visit of Volcanologist to Tristan Tristan da Cunha is an active volcano and a future eruption is inevitable. Knowing when, where ...
»» more »» 06-12-2009
The British Geological Survey at Keyworth opened its doors so the public could view some of its most precious artifacts this weeke ...
»» more »» 05-12-2009
AN academic has been appointed to research the future of green energy technologies such as clean coal and carbon capture. Jon Glu ...
»» more »» 04-12-2009