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New community launched to support effective management of the subsurface

03/10/2024

The initiative aims to increase knowledge exchange on subsurface issues between interested parties involved in subsurface policy and planning.

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Small cores of soil were collected across 25 different cities from open areas such as parks and gardens. BGS © UKRI.
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40 years and counting: new topsoil data provides most extensive snapshot of environmental pollution effects

01/10/2024

Scientists have uncovered clear signs of the impact environmental pollution is having across the country’s soil.

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BGS Open Day 2024

Event on 08/06/2024

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Left to right: Andrew Finlayson (BGS); Sigurður Ingi Friðleifsson (Orkustofnun); Steinunn Hauksdóttir (ÍSOR); Ögmundur Erlendsson (ÍSOR); Anett Blischke (ÍSOR); Árni Magnússon (ÍSOR); Dr Bryony Mathew (British Ambassador to Iceland); Duncan Stevens (BGS); Molly Lewis (Second Secretary, British Embassy); Nicola Dakin (BGS), and Dayton Dove (BGS). BGS © UKRI.
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BGS collaborates with Icelandic colleagues to assess windfarm suitability 

03/10/2024

Iceland’s offshore geology, geomorphology and climate present all the elements required for renewable energy resources.

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Sample of the new offshore seismic hazard map: peak ground acceleration (PGA) on rock for a 2475-year return period. BGS © UKRI. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.
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New hazard maps set to help safeguard UK offshore energy industry

12/09/2024

Essential geological model detailing seismic hazard published as the pursuit of new renewable energy infrastructure intensifies.

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New £38 million project to reduce the impact of floods and droughts

02/09/2024

BGS will take a leading role in efforts to better predict the location and effects of extreme weather events.

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New appointments to BGS Science Advisory Committee

29/08/2024

The appointments mark the latest step in the ongoing delivery of BGS’s essential geological expertise.

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Visit by Indonesian Embassy representatives to BGS

27/08/2024

Strengthening BGS/Indonesia scientific research partnerships to address the complex challenges Indonesia faces from natural hazards and maximising opportunities from mineral resources and geothermal energy.

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Conducting research at the BGS Keyworth laboratories. © Riveen Pehesara Kumanayaka
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Laboratory life: my work experience week at BGS

20/08/2024

Aspiring astrophysicist Riveen Pehesara Kumanayaka shares his experience following an A-level work placement with BGS.

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Quarry at Upper Madeley Farm. Looking NE. Kidderminster Formation at Upper Madeley Farm. Sandstones high in the Kidderminster Formation, Sherwood Sandstone Group. Medium-grained, gently cross-bedded sandstones containing occasional beds of flattened mudstone clasts but devoid of 'Bunter' pebbles. Thin glacial sandy gravel at top of face.
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Funding awarded for study on hydrogen storage potential in the East Midlands

19/08/2024

A new study has been awarded funding to explore the underground hydrogen storage potential in the East Midlands.

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Ms Gillian Martin MSP (right) with Dr Alison Monaghan and Vanessa Starcher of BGS with at the Glasgow Observatory. BGS © UKRI
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Unlocking our geothermal potential: a Scottish Government visit to the Glasgow Observatory

15/08/2024

Gillian Martin MSP visits the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow to learn about geothermal energy and see the research being carried out at the facility.

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A landscape of mountains and depressions
BGS blogs
Extracting formation temperatures from stalagmites 

14/08/2024

BGS’s Andrew Smith explores the karstic depressions of northern Spain in the quest to create a palaeothermometer.

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