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New NERC-funded project empowers young people to engage with environmental science

23/07/2026

BGS is part of a new, collaborative project, funded through NERC’s ‘Opening up the environment’ programme, helping the environmental research community become more accessible.

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Building Europe’s geological future

20/07/2026

BGS scientists are contributing to a continent-wide initiative that is strengthening collaboration across borders to tackle shared subsurface challenges and unlock new opportunities.

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BGS strengthens scientific links with Icelandic partners through Research and Innovation Scotland initiative

06/08/2026

Researchers from the British Geological Survey (BGS) recently visited Iceland as part of a Research and Innovation Scotland (RIS) International Collaboration Fund project aimed at developing international partnerships and identifying opportunities for future collaborative research.

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Pale cliffs above a flat grassy area with ivy and trees growing across some of them. There are several, large and small caves in the cliffs.
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Creswell Crags Museum collections offer insight into the past and future of wolves

12/07/2024

Bones found at the site are helping scientists to understand the diet of wolves and how they differ over time.

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Seabed geomorphology from part of the central area of the Offshore East Anglia seabed map. BGS © UKRI.
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New research reveals the secrets of the seabed off the East Anglian coast

11/07/2024

New geological map will help in the hunt for new renewable energy opportunities whilst protecting delicate marine ecosystems.

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Update released for BGS open-source database software, ETL Helper

09/07/2024

The software tool helps simplify the process of data transfer into and out of databases.

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Nine people in two groups (four to the left; five to the right) standing on grey rocks with brown cliffs behind them.
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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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Screenshot of the AGS4 file utilities tool and API with map markers over the UK.
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Update to BGS’s AGS file utilities tool released

19/06/2024

BGS has released significant updates to its online tool for validating geotechnical data held as AGS files. The update includes improvements to the tool’s user interface and the ability to convert AGS data into MS Excel files.

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Quake it off: Taylor Swift concerts shake Edinburgh

13/06/2024

Seismometers around Edinburgh were triggered by the rapturous Murrayfield crowds over the weekend.

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Visitors taking part in the demonstration in BGS’s conference suit. BGS © UKRI.
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BGS opens its doors to visitors at its Open Day in Keyworth

12/06/2024

BGS hosted its bi-annual Open Day on 8 June 2024, welcoming more than 1000 visitors to its headquarters in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire.

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Geologists at St Cyrus Beach. BGS © UKRI.
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BGS to update geological maps of Strathmore

10/06/2024

A three-year project has begun to revise geological maps of Strathmore, which were last surveyed nearly 100 years ago.

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