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Latest mineral production statistics for 2019 to 2023 released
28/04/2025
More than 70 mineral commodities have been captured in the newly published volume of World Mineral Production.

BGS talks at EGU 2025
25/04/2025
BGS will be attending the European Geosciences Union’s annual General Assembly giving a number of talks and presentations throughout the week.

Geology sans frontières
24/04/2025
Geology doesn’t stop at international borders, so BGS is working with neighbouring geological surveys and research institutes to solve common problems with the geology they share.
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Can geophysics help feed people in a changing climate?
09/11/2021
Conservation agriculture and electrical resistivity tomography could help combat the factors affecting food security in southern Africa.

Climate and geology: considering future potential for river scour
05/11/2021
A trial BGS data product takes the temporal component of potential future increased amount and intensity of rainfall on river scour into account.

Byte by byte: developing our digital preservation capability
04/11/2021
A brief timeline of the digital preservation journey at BGS and NGDC.

Foundations for a future net zero city?
01/11/2021
The space beneath our cities can play a vital role in supporting climate resilient urban spaces.

Phosphorus in caves: a new methodological development being pioneered at Poole’s Cavern with the help of BGS
30/09/2021
Alistair Morgan is exploring how phosphorous enters cave systems and if stalagmites could be used to unravel past temperatures.

Wildlife and biodiversity gains at BGS
27/09/2021
Our rewilding scheme is already encouraging more diverse fauna onto our Keyworth site.

Glaciers retreat; soils emerge – summer fieldwork at 79°N
14/09/2021
Studying the evolution of newly emerging soils uncovered by retreating glaciers on the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.

Underground energy storage: supporting the transition to net zero carbon emissions
25/08/2021
Underground storage for renewable energy resources could be a viable green solution as we transition to a net zero UK.