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BGS receives funding for new system to analyse oxygen Isotopes
26/09/2022
A major upgrade of BGS's research equipment following investment from NERC will help scientists understand historic changes in climate.
A PhD in Peru: a country of contrasts
23/09/2022
PhD student Tom Gribbin explains his work on water security in the Peruvian ‘water towers’.
Missing components of nitrogen cycling budgets across the United States
23/09/2022
As a BGS-hosted Lancaster University PhD student, Elizabeth Flint has been working to understand the effects of water supply processes upon macronutrient cycling.
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Join the BGS Board
05/09/2022
BGS is looking to appoint two non-executive directors to join our board.
BGS GeoScour: bridging the river erosion data gap
31/08/2022
The geological properties of bedrock and superficial deposits that make up riverbeds and banks are fundamental controls on the susceptibility of any given river reach to scouring.
Citizen science: become part of a real-time Global Landslide Detector
29/08/2022
BGS and partners are trialling a new social media tool that detects worldwide landslides in real time.
BGS joins the UK Centre for Seabed Mapping to raise data and mapping standards
25/08/2022
BGS is the latest UK Government organisation to join the newly unveiled UK Centre for Seabed Mapping (UK CSM), helping to boost marine data and mapping standards.
Groundwater’s role in the current drought
15/08/2022
Groundwater can play a vital part in keeping the UK’s water supply flowing, but we need to ensure that we monitor levels and rates of extraction during dry spells.
Sampling salt marsh sediments: a Thames microplastics fieldtrip
15/08/2022
Megan Trusler gives an overview of her PhD project, which studies the role salt marshes play in the accumulation and transport of microplastics.
BGS Strategy stakeholder survey
05/08/2022
Have your say as we develop our new 2023-2027 strategy.
River erosion: the forgotten hazard of flooding
03/08/2022
Impacts from flood events can be widespread, long-lasting and extremely costly. The UK Government and environmental protection agencies continue to invest heavily in mitigation measures, as well as trying to predict which areas are most at risk.