Research themes
Current activities
A selection of current activities from international and UK projects.
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2011
Climate change and environment
- April 2011 fieldwork | Virkisjökull Earth Observatory, Iceland
- Background Concentrations of Contaminants in Soils (BCCS) project
Geology and landscape
- Glacial sediments under the microscope
- BBC Men of rock | The science behind the scenes
- BGS iGeology Voted Best App
- Structure and evolution of the East Midlands region of the Pennine Basin
- Surveying the Loch Lomond 'canyon' — a new navigation chart
Groundwater Science
Natural resources
- Geothermal paper | The measured shallow temperature field in Britain
- Metals, Mines & Mobiles (REE Risk List 2011)
- BGS joins pan European 'CGS Europe'
- Scotland's potential for North Sea carbon storage endorsed by major report
- The Southern Permian Basin Atlas (SPBA)
- Universities and Science Minister visits BGS Edinburgh | 10/02/2011
Natural hazards
2010
Climate change and environment
- 4D high resolution monitoring of glacier evolution, Virkisjökull, Iceland
- Eocene sand horizons & iron contamination mapping | Thames Basin streams
- Great Barrier Reef Environmental Changes Expedition
- Iceland's glaciers are shrinking fast
- Rare Viking burials found on the 'Olympic Highway' Dorset
Engineering and land use
Geology and landscape
- 300 million-year-old whale food found trapped in oil | Copepods in Oman
- Bronze Age Mediterraneans may have visited Stonehenge
- Engaging with geodiversity — why it matters | 2010 Conference report
- Geological mapping in the United Arab Emirates
- Getting to the bottom of Scotland's fjords
- Iceland and the British Isles: the volcanic connections
- New discovery of deep-water coral reefs in UK waters
- Scotland and the West Highland Way join the International Appalachian Trail
- Submerged landscapes | Underwater survey of Loch Eriboll, Scotland
Natural hazards
- A new 'Model of the Earth's Magnetic Environment' (MEME)
- Fault-Line Living expedition
- Long-term monitoring of the Earth's magnetic field
- South Atlantic Anomaly and South Georgia Magnetic Observatory
Natural resources
- CCS workshop for NGOs | 2010
- Conserving Robert Burns | Historic stone matching
- Geological mapping to promote Malawi's mineral potential
- Groundwater resilience to climate change in Africa
- Nigerian geochemical mapping workshop
- North-west England drought 2010 | BGS groundwater data
- Oil hopes dashed
- Peak metal: Scarcity of supply or scare story?
- Rare earth elements: a beginner's guide from the BGS
- Rock salt:an essential mineral keeps the country moving
- Storing carbon dioxide beneath the Moray Firth explored
Technologies and information
2009
Geology and landscape
Natural resources
See also
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