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Scientists at the British Geological Survey (BGS) were alerted by their automatic earthquake location software 11 minutes after the earthquake struck Chile. Data has been received by the BGS from all over the world including seismic stations in the UK. Since then BGS seismologists have been examining the data and investigating why Chile was struck by an earthquake of this size.

British Geological Survey staff set sail on the Great Barrier Reef Environmental Changes Expedition (GBREC). As part of this international research effort, fossil coral reefs will be examined to understand how sea-level changed in the past and is likely to change in the future.

Scientists at the British Geological Survey were alerted by their automatic earthquake location software 10 minutes after the earthquake struck Haiti. The seismic waves from the earthquake took 10 minutes to reach their seismic monitoring stations in the UK. Since then their seismologists have been examining the data and investigating why Haiti was struck by an earthquake of this size. For more information please see www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk. BGS Seismic Alert : Date/Time 12 January 2010 21:53 UTC 7.0ML; Depth 10km; Lat/Long 18.45,72.45;

Discover if you live on rocks from an extinct volcano, in the middle of an ancient river or deep under a Caribbean-like sea teeming with exotic creatures. This is now possible with the British Geological Survey s (BGS) release of OpenGeoscience.

OpenGeoscience is a new web service that provides geological maps for the whole of Great Britain, images from its extensive collection of photographs and a wide range of other digital information - all for free.

Jon Gluyas, Professor in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Geo-Energy at Durham University, has been appointed chairman of the British Geological Survey (BGS) Board. Professor Gluyas will take over this role from the current chairman Derek Davis on the 1st January 2010.