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Angela Lamb. BGS © UKRI.
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Dr Angela Lamb appointed as honorary professor by the University of Nottingham

02/10/2025

Dr Lamb will take up the position of honorary professor of environmental geochemistry, with a focus on collaborative research.

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Damage in Palu, Indonesia following the devastating 2018 magnitude 7.5 earthquake. BGS © UKRI.
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New report sets pathway to reduce the impacts of geohazards in one of the world’s most hazard-prone nations

30/09/2025

A new White Paper, co-developed by Indonesian and UK hazard experts, presents a strategic roadmap to significantly reduce the impacts of geological hazards in Indonesia.

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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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Esthwaite Water looking beautiful in early summer sunshine. UKCEH and its partners have been sampling and monitoring many of the lakes in the English Lake District, including Esthwaite Water, for several decades. BGS © UKRI.
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Esthwaite Water: applying novel approaches to understand lake-water nutrient pollution

19/09/2025

Andi Smith (BGS) and Savannah Worne (Loughborough University) embarked on fieldwork in the Lake District, applying a novel stable isotope method for tracing phosphorus sources.

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Magnetic declination (the angle between magnetic and geographic north) in 2025 according to WMM2025. Red is magnetic north to east of geographic north; blue is to west. BGS © UKRI and © Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith (1996), A global, self-consistent, hierarchical, high-resolution shoreline database, J. Geophys. Res., 101(B4), 8741–8743, doi:10.1029/96JB00104 (v2.3.6)
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Airlines, shipping companies and sleigh drivers rush to update crucial navigation systems ahead of Christmas rush

17/12/2024

Release of major upgrade to a new model tracking magnetic north prompts global reset of satellite tracking systems across trade and passenger transport routes.

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Athena SWAN Silver Accreditation
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BGS awarded Athena SWAN Silver status

12/12/2024

BGS are delighted to have been awarded Athena SWAN Silver status in recognition of our ongoing commitment to gender equality

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Hemerdon mine, Devon. BGS © UKRI.
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BGS makes significant advance in mineral data accessibility

10/12/2024

A new public application programming interface for the BGS World Mineral Statistics Database will revolutionise how users interact with critical data.

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Nandi, Victoria Basin. BGS © UKRI.
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Dynamics of land-to-lake transfers in the Lake Victoria Basin

09/12/2024

In June 2024, a UK/Kenya research team shared research findings from a collaborative, four-year field and experimental programme within Kenya.

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The Mercia Mudstone Group rock cores being scanned and analysed at BGS’s Core Scanning Facility (CSF). BGS © UKRI.
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Prehistoric power: 250-million-year-old rocks could contain secrets to net zero future

05/12/2024

BGS has completed a comprehensive scan of Mercia Mudstone rocks that could hold geological secrets of the UK’s past and provide a boost for net zero.

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Dr Gavin Mudd, Director - Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre
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The challenge of assessing the UK economy’s dependence on mineral supply

28/11/2024

Critical, essential, or just plain important? Dr Gavin Mudd, director of the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre, discusses the findings and new methodology featured in the 2024 UK Criticality Assessment.

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UK 2024 Criticality Assessment published

28/11/2024

The latest UK Criticality Assessment, produced by the UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre, shows that growing diversification brings an increasing vulnerability in terms of disruption to supply.

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Brighid Ó Dochartaigh, recipient of the Younger Medal by the Geological Society.
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Brighid Ó Dochartaigh honoured with prestigious Geological Society award

27/11/2024

A recently retired BGS employee has been honoured for her contribution to the hydrogeological community.

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