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Is your region susceptible? Britain’s geohazard hotspots revealed

14/08/2025

From sinkholes to radon: new maps highlight the most geologically at-risk regions

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New platform highlights geothermal potential across the UK

11/08/2025

A new government-funded geothermal initiative, which includes an interactive map, has launched to help decision makers assess the geothermal potential across the UK.

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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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Warnings for Scottish farmers and distillers as new data indicates climate change may double number of droughts

23/07/2024

The agricultural and distilling sectors could face significant challenges after research finds the number of droughts in Scotland may double in the next 25 years.

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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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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.
BGS blogs
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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