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Goldilocks zones: ‘geological super regions’ set to drive annual £40 billion investment in jobs and economic growth

10/06/2025

Eight UK regions identified as ‘just right’ in terms of geological conditions to drive the country’s net zero energy ambitions.

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Screenshot of the data portal. BGS © UKRI 2025.
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Upgraded web portal improves access to geomagnetism data

02/06/2025

BGS’s geomagnetism portal, which holds data for over 570 observatories across the world, has received a significant update.

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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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Exploring the role of stable isotope geochemistry in nuclear forensics

09/10/2024

Paulina Baranowska introduces her PhD research investigating the use of oxygen isotopes as a nuclear forensic signature.

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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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The Atlantic coastline from our hotel in The Gambia. BGS © UKRI.
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Mining sand sustainably in The Gambia

17/09/2024

BGS geologists Tom Bide and Clive Mitchell travelled to The Gambia as part of our ongoing work aiming to reduce the impact of sand mining.

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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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A landscape of mountains and depressions
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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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A dry, hot, flat desert with a lake and white salt flats in the foreground and mountains in the background.
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Responsible extraction in South America’s Lithium Triangle

02/08/2024

A BGS team visited Argentina and Chile to investigate how to extract lithium more responsibly in the face of growing worldwide demand.

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The heat beneath our feet: BGS field visit to Tuscan geothermal systems

05/07/2024

BGS visits the active and fossilised geothermal systems of southern Tuscany, Italy.

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