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New NERC-funded project empowers young people to engage with environmental science

23/07/2026

BGS is part of a new, collaborative project, funded through NERC’s ‘Opening up the environment’ programme, helping the environmental research community become more accessible.

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Delving deep into mountains for future water security

16/07/2026

A BGS-led project is using new water-tracing investigation methods, geophysics and modelling to understand how water moves from mountains to the lowlands, helping to improve water security for billions of people.

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Building Europe’s geological future

20/07/2026

BGS scientists are contributing to a continent-wide initiative that is strengthening collaboration across borders to tackle shared subsurface challenges and unlock new opportunities.

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Call for new members and Chair to join the NERC facilities steering committees

18/02/2025

New members are needed to join the committees over the next four years.

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BGS announces new director of BGS National Geoscience

12/02/2025

BGS announces its new director of BGS National Geoscience.

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Machine learning algorithms track the evolving seismicity crisis on the island of Santorini in Greece (Segou et al., in prep.). As expected, machine learning earthquake detection uncovers 10 times more earthquakes (in red) than standard seismic catalogues from the National Observatory of Athens (in grey). This is the first high-resolution image of the complex volcanic/seismic system (30 November 2024 to 8 February 2025). Prepared by Margarita Segou, Rajat Choudhary, Wayne Shelley, Foteini Dervisi and Brian Baptie. BGS © UKRI 2025.
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Artificial intelligence is proving a game changer in tracking the Santorini earthquake swarm

07/02/2025

Scientists are harnessing the power of machine learning to help residents and tourists by detecting thousands of seismic events.

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Excess rainwater on agricultural land near West Ilsley, next to the A34. BGS © UKRI.
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Pioneering tool expanding to analyse agricultural pollution and support water-quality interventions

06/02/2025

An online tool that shows which roads are most likely to cause river pollution is being expanded to incorporate methods to assess pollution from agricultural areas.

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Vacancy: Chair of the BGS Board

04/02/2025

The Chair of the BGS Board's role is crucial in guiding BGS and advancing its work in geoscience, ensuring strong governance and delivering public value.

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Extract from existing Quaternary thickness geological factor map produced as part of collaboration between BGS and The Crown Estate in 2014. BGS © UKRI. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.
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Seabed geology data: results from stakeholder consultation

31/01/2025

BGS collected valuable stakeholder feedback as part of a new Crown Estate-led initiative to improve understanding of national-scale seabed geology requirements.

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BGS’s Jonathan Chambers and Annie Winson sign the memorandum with PHIVOLCS Director Teresito C Bacolcol and PHIVOLCS Deputy Director Dr Ma. Mylene M Villegas from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. BGS © UKRI.
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New Memorandum of Understanding paves the way for more collaborative research in the Philippines

21/01/2025

The partnership will focus on research on multi-hazard preparedness within the country.

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New global space weather hazard index launched

17/01/2025

The new index provides a near-real time, global picture of geomagnetic variations helping to highlight the effects of space weather.

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