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Senior Management Board
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Equality, diversity and inclusion at the BGS
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Science Advisory Committee
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Latest news
BGS aboard research vessel in Japan in major marine research collaboration
25/11/2022
Experts from the BGS marine team are part of a major international marine research collaboration to understand more about earthquakes associated with the Japan Trench.
BGS Strategy: public consultation
18/11/2022
We would welcome responses from anyone interested or involved in the geosciences as part of the wider consultation on our new BGS Strategy
BGS supports development of a local land-use framework for Devon
10/11/2022
The framework will help to identify data improvements to support more joined-up decision making about land use in Devon.
Deep-sea mining evidence review published
31/10/2022
The deep-sea mining independent evidence review report was commissioned by the UK Government to inform its policy in relation to deep-sea mining.
Parts of UK listed among world’s most important geological sites
25/10/2022
Parts of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have been named among 100 of the world’s most important geological sites by UNESCO and international scientists.
Film trilogy wins award and shares experiences of 1985 Nevado del Ruiz eruption
24/10/2022
A collaborative film trilogy co-directed by BGS Volcanologist, Dr Anna Hicks, has won the overall ‘Dynamic Earth’ Theme Award at the Earth Futures Festival 2022.
BGS joins European Geothermal Congress to highlight UK’s geothermal potential
21/10/2022
The European Geothermal Congress will discuss how the geothermal sector can help with the energy crisis.
New seabed maps offer a window into the distant past
10/10/2022
BGS has begun publishing a new series of high-resolution offshore geological maps showing the distribution of bedrock and sediments that make up the seabed around our coasts.
Project findings provide essential insight into the last British–Irish ice sheet
29/09/2022
Understanding more about the north-west European continental shelf and improving forecasting for the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets.
New geological map of offshore Anglesey released
28/09/2022
BGS has released a new fine-scale digital map featuring the seabed geology of offshore Anglesey (Ynys Môn).
BGS receives funding for new system to analyse oxygen Isotopes
26/09/2022
A major upgrade of BGS’s research equipment following investment from NERC will help scientists understand historic changes in climate.
Scientific report published
22/09/2022
BGS was requested by the UK Government to address six questions related to recent scientific research on the hazard and risk from induced seismicity during hydraulic fracturing of shale rocks.
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