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Mystery of one of the earliest recorded space weather impacts solved

17/09/2026

BGS scientists were part of an international team that has solved a 178-year-old mystery surrounding one of the earliest recorded examples of space weather affecting technology.

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Colleagues from the British Geological Survey and Heriot-Watt University celebrate 10 Years of The Lyell Centre
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The Lyell Centre celebrates 10 years of world-leading earth and marine science research

07/09/2026

The Lyell Centre for Earth and Marine Sciences, a strategic partnership between Heriot-Watt University and BGS, is celebrating its 10th anniversary, marking a decade of world-leading research, innovation and collaboration in earth and marine sciences.

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Measuring the environmental impacts of carbon fibre:  life cycle assessment

01/09/2026

Undergraduate student Phoebe Brown visited BGS to understand the life cycle of carbon fibre, from primary production to recycling.

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A new suite of AGS file utilities and public API

24/11/2021

BGS has released an online AGS file utilities tool validator.

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Stuck in the mud: the long-term accumulation and dispersal of microplastics across urban catchments

18/11/2021

Investigating how salt marshes store and interact with plastics and explaining the key processes that control their accumulation and release.

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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.

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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.

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Digital preservation at BGS
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Byte by byte: developing our digital preservation capability

04/11/2021

A brief timeline of the digital preservation journey at BGS and NGDC.

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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.

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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.

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Wildlife and biodiversity gains at BGS

27/09/2021

Our rewilding scheme is already encouraging more diverse fauna onto our Keyworth site.

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