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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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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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Exposures of thick Deccan Trap basalt sequences from Mahabaleshwar, India. Rocks such as these have been proposed as potential storage reservoirs for disposal of CO2 in India due to their reactive mineral components that allow for trapping of CO2 in solid mineral form. BGS © UKRI
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Could underground disposal of carbon dioxide help to reduce India’s emissions?

28/01/2025

BGS geologists have partnered with research institutes in India to explore the potential for carbon capture and storage, with an emphasis on storage.

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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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Damage caused in Thailand by the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004. BGS © UKRI.
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Twenty years on: the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

26/12/2024

Boxing Day 2024 marks 20 years since the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Prof David Tappin reflects on the disaster and discusses what we have learnt since 2004.

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Aerial view of the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Cheshire, located in the University of Chester’s Thornton Science Park. BGS © UKRI.
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Webinar: underground thermal energy storage (UTES): uncertainties and benefits

Event on 15/01/2025

Join us for a special webinar that will introduce underground thermal aquifer storage and offer all interested parties the opportunity to participate in a workshop to be held in spring 2025.

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Loading samples into the small carbonates mass spectrometer at the BGS Stable Isotope Facility. BGS © UKRI.
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Carbon and oxygen isotope analysis of carbonates and the development of new reference materials

18/12/2024

Dr Charlotte Hipkiss and Kotryna Savickaite explore the importance of standard analysis when testing carbon and oxygen samples.

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Magnetic declination (the angle between magnetic and geographic north) in 2025 according to WMM2025. Red is magnetic north to east of geographic north; blue is to west. BGS © UKRI and © Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith (1996), A global, self-consistent, hierarchical, high-resolution shoreline database, J. Geophys. Res., 101(B4), 8741–8743, doi:10.1029/96JB00104 (v2.3.6)
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Airlines, shipping companies and sleigh drivers rush to update crucial navigation systems ahead of Christmas rush

17/12/2024

Release of major upgrade to a new model tracking magnetic north prompts global reset of satellite tracking systems across trade and passenger transport routes.

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BGS awarded Athena SWAN Silver status

12/12/2024

BGS are delighted to have been awarded Athena SWAN Silver status in recognition of our ongoing commitment to gender equality

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Hemerdon mine, Devon. BGS © UKRI.
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BGS makes significant advance in mineral data accessibility

10/12/2024

A new public application programming interface for the BGS World Mineral Statistics Database will revolutionise how users interact with critical data.

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Nandi, Victoria Basin. BGS © UKRI.
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Dynamics of land-to-lake transfers in the Lake Victoria Basin

09/12/2024

In June 2024, a UK/Kenya research team shared research findings from a collaborative, four-year field and experimental programme within Kenya.

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