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World Mineral Production 2019 to 2023. BGS © UKRI.
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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.

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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.

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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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The cliffs at Étretat, showing channelling in the Chalk and well-developed karstic dissolution pipes. BGS © UKRI 2025.
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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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Fossils, including microfossils such as this foraminifera, can tell us about past climates and environments via analysis of their shells' chemical composition. Florilus asterizans from Hong Kong. BGS © UKRI.
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BGS laboratory spotlight: isotopes as recorders of climate and environmental change

06/09/2023

How measuring oxygen and carbon isotopes in tiny fossils improves our understanding of past climate.

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Road Pollution Solutions tool screen shot. BGS / UKRI
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‘First of its kind’ online tool created to help tackle pollution in London

04/09/2023

The new Road Pollution Solutions tool predicts pollution levels from road runoff and suggests nature-based solutions to combat it.

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Pyroclastic density current deposits from the 18 May 1980 eruption exposed along drainages in the pumice plain. BGS © UKRI
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In photos: a volcanic field trip

31/08/2023

Volcanologist Samantha Engwell visited the Cascades in the United States to learn more about the 1980 Mount St Helens volcanic eruption.

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Subsidence warning notice, Arvalee © Kenneth Allen cc-by-sa/2.0. Geograph Britain and Ireland
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Evolving policies in the face of climate change: BGS data can help

25/08/2023

Climate change is increasingly recognised as a major challenge for organisations, with the need for adaptation driving a wave of policy updates and reforms across multiple sectors. BGS data holdings are relevant to many of these changes and the following examples outline how these data packages can be applied.

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Recording pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, and temperature of groundwater
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Understanding Nottinghamshire’s groundwater microbial ecosystems

24/08/2023

PhD student Archita Bhattacharyya is undertaking a project focused on exploring the ecosystem of microorganisms in groundwater of England.

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‘Core blimey!’ A PhD fieldwork trip to India

22/08/2023

PhD student Hamish Duncalf-Youngson recently visited Manipur, India, to assess the effects of aquaculture, environmental change and pollution at this internationally important site.

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Midlands Innovation TALENT placement at BGS

15/08/2023

Jodie Brown revisits her time at BGS’s Stable Isotope Facility as part of the Midlands Innovation TALENT project, which aims to increase the status of technicians.

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The team at bluedot. BGS © UKRI.
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bluedot 2023: the importance of geological outreach

10/08/2023

Staff members from various disciplines across BGS worked over the weekend to engage festivalgoers with BGS’s work, specifically critical raw materials.

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