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The carbon dioxide released from the burning of fossil fuels is accumulating as an insulating blanket around our planet, trapping more of the Sun's heat energy in our atmosphere. To combat this, the Earth Challenge Prize was launched in February 2007 by American politician Al Gore and the entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson. The prize of $25 million will be given to whoever can devise a method for removing a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from our atmosphere each year. However, scientists are now beginning to discover that when naturally-induced global warming has occurred in the past, the Earth has a natural mechanism for dealing with this problem, but one that Mankind cannot rely on to solve the current crisis. This is the story one of the largest of these natural events that occurred more than 90 million years ago.

A new agreement between the British Geological Survey (BGS) and South Wolds Community School will further the school's aim to be a centre of excellence for its students, stakeholders and the wider community.

Radon is a natural radioactive gas, which enters buildings from the ground. Exposure to high concentrations increases the risk of lung cancer.

Between 1999 and 2005 British Geological Survey (BGS) and the Environment Agency (EA) undertook a collaborative project called "The Natural (Baseline) Quality of Groundwaters in England and Wales" or more simply the "Baseline" project.

Scientists from the British Geological Survey took to the air on June 26 2007 in the aftermath of the flooding to find out how modern flooding compares to ancient flood areas.