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UKRI announce new Chair of the BGS Board

01/05/2025

Prof Paul Monks CB will step into the role later this year.

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World Mineral Production 2019 to 2023. BGS © UKRI.
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Latest mineral production statistics for 2019 to 2023 released

28/04/2025

More than 70 mineral commodities have been captured in the newly published volume of World Mineral Production.

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Fieldwork setting up the Abergavenny geomagnetic repeat station BGS © UKRI.
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NERC Tech Forum 2025

Event on 03/06/2025

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The cliffs at Étretat, showing channelling in the Chalk and well-developed karstic dissolution pipes. BGS © UKRI 2025.
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Geology sans frontières

24/04/2025

Geology doesn’t stop at international borders, so BGS is working with neighbouring geological surveys and research institutes to solve common problems with the geology they share.

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Professor Paul Monks CB
BGS news
UKRI announce new Chair of the BGS Board

01/05/2025

Prof Paul Monks CB will step into the role later this year.

Show more
World Mineral Production 2019 to 2023. BGS © UKRI.
BGS news
Latest mineral production statistics for 2019 to 2023 released

28/04/2025

More than 70 mineral commodities have been captured in the newly published volume of World Mineral Production.

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BGS talks at EGU 2025

25/04/2025

BGS will be attending the European Geosciences Union’s annual General Assembly, giving a number of talks and presentations throughout the week.

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Highland cows in Glen Rosa_ArranUGGp © Kate Sampson
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Isle of Arran announced as UNESCO Global Geopark

17/04/2025

The Isle of Arran has officially been named as the tenth UNESCO Global Geopark in the UK.

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Coastal erosion at Mappleton, south of Bridlington, East Yorkshire coast. BGS © UKRI.
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What does the next generation of coastal environmental models look like?

15/04/2025

A new tool is now available that has been designed to help coastal engineers and practitioners better manage the compound risk of coastal erosion and flooding.

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Underground hydrogen storage is a promising solution for large-scale, long-duration energy storage. This image shows four potential methods of storing hydrogen: lined rock caverns; salt caverns; saline aquifers, and depleted gas fields. The inset highlights the storage mechanism in saline aquifers and depleted gas fields, where hydrogen is stored within the rock’s pore spaces. BGS © UKRI 2025.
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Making the case for underground hydrogen storage in the UK

03/04/2025

A new BGS science briefing note focuses on the potential of hydrogen storage to support the UK energy transition.

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Extaction of fuller's earth from Steetley Minerals Fuller's Earth Quarry, Woburn Sands, Bedfordshire. BGS © UKRI
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New data reveals latest mineral workings around Great Britain and Northern Ireland

01/04/2025

The newest release of BGS BritPits provides information on an additional 6500 surface and underground mineral workings.

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Section of the BGS 1:50 000 Geomorphology map of the seabed around Ascension Island. BGS © UKRI. © Crown Copyright and/or database rights. Reproduced by permission of The Keeper of Public Records and the UK Hydrographic Office
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New seabed geology maps to enable long term conservation around Ascension Island

01/04/2025

BGS deliver the first marine geology and habitat maps for one of the World’s largest marine protected areas.

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