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Aerial view of Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. © Bardhok Ndoji / iStockPhoto
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Oasis revealed as Scottish capital’s most ‘seismic’ concert

07/08/2025

20 years of evidence from earthquake monitoring proves the Britpop legends are the most ‘ground shaking’ musical act to perform at Murrayfield Stadium – with the chance to secure their position at the top of the charts this weekend.

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ECORD IODP3 Expedition 501 science team on board Liftboat Robert. Source: ECORD IODP
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IODP³-NSF Expedition 501 – Successful offshore operations launches onshore phase

06/08/2025

For the first time scientists have managed to take water and sediment samples from beneath the ocean on the New England Shelf with the intention of understanding this offshore aquifer system.

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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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Indian delegates and BGS staff outside BGS’s headquarters in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire. BGS © UKRI.
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BGS hosts India for ‘deep dive’ on carbon capture and storage

30/07/2025

Some of India’s top scientists visited BGS to explore the UK’s carbon dioxide storage research potential.

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Aerial view of Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh. © Bardhok Ndoji / iStockPhoto
BGS news
Oasis revealed as Scottish capital’s most ‘seismic’ concert

07/08/2025

20 years of evidence from earthquake monitoring proves the Britpop legends are the most ‘ground shaking’ musical act to perform at Murrayfield Stadium – with the chance to secure their position at the top of the charts this weekend.

Show more
ECORD IODP3 Expedition 501 science team on board Liftboat Robert. Source: ECORD IODP
BGS news
IODP³-NSF Expedition 501 – Successful offshore operations launches onshore phase

06/08/2025

For the first time scientists have managed to take water and sediment samples from beneath the ocean on the New England Shelf with the intention of understanding this offshore aquifer system.

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Residential area with development. © Daniel Ellis, Pexels.
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New tool helps identify coal mine gas risk for housing developments in Scotland

05/08/2025

Scientists have co-developed a new tool for North Lanarkshire Council to help screen coal mine gas emissions prior to the development of new houses and buildings.

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Seismogram of Kamchatka earthquake on 29 July 2025
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Kamchatka earthquake highlights the advances in tsunami early warning systems

31/07/2025

The response to the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Russia has emphasised how far scientific understanding of tsunamis has come over the last two decades, and the improved mitigation measures that are now in place.

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New journal article reveals snapshot of forever chemicals in shallow English soils

31/07/2025

Data on the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance concentrations in English soils has been released.

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Indian delegates and BGS staff outside BGS’s headquarters in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire. BGS © UKRI.
BGS blogs
BGS hosts India for ‘deep dive’ on carbon capture and storage

30/07/2025

Some of India’s top scientists visited BGS to explore the UK’s carbon dioxide storage research potential.

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Sand coloured stone with clear grey specles of graphite.
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Zambia’s first critical minerals guide supports the country’s potential in global clean energy transition

18/07/2025

A new guide to Zambia’s critical minerals highlights the country’s current and potential critical mineral resources, including cobalt and lithium.

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Day one of fieldwork on the EGRET project, heading to the Fraser Lakes REE-enriched pegmatites on a float plane from La Ronge.
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Funding awarded to UK/Canadian critical mineral research projects

08/07/2025

BGS is part of a groundbreaking science partnership aiming to improve critical minerals mining and supply chains.

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