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There are various reasons why it can be important to know the age of groundwater in a particular aquifer. For example: does age validate the hydrogeological concept? Is the water a mixture of different ages? Is the water sustainable or being 'mined'? Did the water recharge in pre-industrial times? Was the water recharged during the ice age, i.e. under different climatic conditions?

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal opened the new William Smith Building, 25 June at BGS Keyworth, official opening gallery

This handbook describes the management of BGS marine survey data. Experience shows that the cost of managing such data to a high standard at the time it is acquired has little impact on the overall cost of the survey. In comparison, the retrospective indexing, sorting and QC of data can have significant cost implications, and even then, data can be missing, unusable, or of uncertain reliability.

Earth's climate has changed throughout the billions of years of our planet's geological history. Evidence for past climates - including the extreme conditions linked to mass extinctions - can be found in the rocks around us.