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Gower Peninsula, South Wales (P663757). BGS © UKRI
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Extended seabed geology map of the Bristol Channel published

07/10/2025

BGS has released significantly extended high-resolution maps that will support offshore green-energy initiatives in the area.

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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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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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Fuego volcano with frequent activity that we could observe. This long exposure image shows how material is deposited on the high flanks of the volcano. BGS © UKRI.
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Fieldwork on Volcán de Fuego

13/10/2025

Understanding how one of the world’s most active volcanoes builds up material, and how they collapse to feed hot flows

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2024 BGS summer placements scheme

27/05/2024

BGS is offering a six-week placement scheme for early-year students in a geography, earth science or environmental sciences degree.

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Over 600 mineral exploration project reports now available through the UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre

17/05/2024

All 662 reports from the Mineral Exploration and Investigation Grants Act programme are now available on the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre website.

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Hydrological parameterisation (left) and simulated groundwater heads (right). BGS © UKRI.
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First national-scale groundwater model in Great Britain developed

14/05/2024

BGS has developed a new model that provides a unique tool for simulating groundwater resources at a national scale.

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The Seabed substrate map of Iceland’s marine areas has been compiled for the country´s first comprehensive seabed substrate data set and based on the available data points (>3000) of seafloor samples (unpublished data by the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute of Iceland; Thors, 1978; Erlendsson et al., 2015, 2023). © Iceland GeoSurvey.
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BGS awarded research grant to support potential offshore wind development in Iceland

13/05/2024

BGS has been awarded the NERC-Arctic grant for a collaboration project with Iceland GeoSurvey.

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CT Slice View of coral core (left) and basalt core (right) BGS © ECORD/IODP
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Largest CT core scan completed at the BGS Core Scanning Facility

09/05/2024

BGS has completed its largest CT core scan project to date, with around 400 m of core imaged for the IODP Drowned Reefs project.

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Professor Jonathan Chambers. BGS © UKRI.
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New BGS Chief Scientist for multi-hazards and resilience announced

09/05/2024

Prof Jonathan Chambers has been appointed as the new BGS Chief Scientist for multi-hazards and resilience, effective from 1 June 2024.

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Distribution of sites in the first digital release of the legacy geothermal catalogue. BGS © UKRI.
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UK legacy geothermal catalogue released in digital format for the first time

18/04/2024

BGS has released the first digital version of the UK legacy geothermal catalogue of subsurface temperature measurements, rock thermal conductivity measurements and heat flow calculations.

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Fallow deer stag © Bob Brewer/Unsplash.
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New research supports conservation of fallow deer across Europe

16/04/2024

New research has combined zooarchaeology and ancient and modern biomolecular datasets to reveal a new understanding of the history and projections of fallow deer.

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