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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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Abandoned mine plan showing Garscube Colliery pit number 6 for Garibaldi Clayband Ironstone Workings. BGS © UKRI
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Release of over 500 Scottish abandoned-mine plans 

24/06/2025

The historical plans cover non-coal mines that were abandoned pre-1980 and are available through BGS's plans viewer.

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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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AI and Earth observation: BGS visits the European Space Agency

02/07/2025

The newest artificial intelligence for earth science: how ESA and NASA are using AI to understand our planet.

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Coastal Erosion at Skipsea on the East Yorkshire Coast. © Matthew J Thomas / iStockphoto
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Spotlight on BGS coastal erosion data

18/07/2024

BGS GeoCoast data can support researchers and practitioners facing coastal erosion adaptation challenges along our coastline.

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The Lembang fault crosses the northern parts of Bandung city in Indonesia. BGS © UKRI.
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Nearly three million people in Indonesia’s second city could be affected by an earthquake

17/07/2024

BGS-led research reveals the number of people in the Bandung metropolitan region who could be exposed to a major earthquake.

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North Sea Transition Authority
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National Hydrocarbons Data Archive files now accessible through the National Data Repository

15/07/2024

Offshore well and survey information held within BGS’s archive have now been transferred to the North Sea Transition Authority’s National Data Repository to enable greater access.

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Pale cliffs above a flat grassy area with ivy and trees growing across some of them. There are several, large and small caves in the cliffs.
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Creswell Crags Museum collections offer insight into the past and future of wolves

12/07/2024

Bones found at the site are helping scientists to understand the diet of wolves and how they differ over time.

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Seabed geomorphology from part of the central area of the Offshore East Anglia seabed map. BGS © UKRI.
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New research reveals the secrets of the seabed off the East Anglian coast

11/07/2024

New geological map will help in the hunt for new renewable energy opportunities whilst protecting delicate marine ecosystems.

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Update released for BGS open-source database software, ETL Helper

09/07/2024

The software tool helps simplify the process of data transfer into and out of databases.

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Nine people in two groups (four to the left; five to the right) standing on grey rocks with brown cliffs behind them.
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The heat beneath our feet: BGS field visit to Tuscan geothermal systems

05/07/2024

BGS visits the active and fossilised geothermal systems of southern Tuscany, Italy.

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Screenshot of the AGS4 file utilities tool and API with map markers over the UK.
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Update to BGS’s AGS file utilities tool released

19/06/2024

BGS has released significant updates to its online tool for validating geotechnical data held as AGS files. The update includes improvements to the tool’s user interface and the ability to convert AGS data into MS Excel files.

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