Browsing the BGS News Archive - Site updates

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.

The Mining Hazard (not including coal) dataset is now available. It provides essential information for planners and developers building in areas of former shallow underground mine workings that may collapse.

A series of new pages on the work carried out by the Landslides Team at BGS including over 20 landslide case studies, surveying techniques, Report a landslide to BGS and the National Landslide Database.

We are the definitive source of landslide information in Great Britain. Landslides are shown on our geological maps and we maintain the National Landslide Database which has over 14 000 records of landslides in Great Britain. Information is gathered from surveys and reports or as part of our responsive work in Great Britain.

New information about the groundwater science theme.
Hydrogeological processes, groundwater modelling, floods and droughts, survey and management, groundwater quality and aquifer properties.