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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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Delving deep into mountains for future water security

16/07/2026

A BGS-led project is using new water-tracing investigation methods, geophysics and modelling to understand how water moves from mountains to the lowlands, helping to improve water security for billions of people.

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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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Dr Gavin Mudd appointed director of the UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre

19/10/2023

Dr Gavin Mudd brings with him expertise in sustainable mining, environmental impacts and management of mine waste.

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3D model of the southern and central basins. Contains Esri World Imagery basemap (Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, and the GIS User Community). Hillshade: NEXTMap Britain elevation data from Intermap Technologies. Bathymetry and seismic data: BGS © UKRI
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What lies beneath Loch Lomond?

17/10/2023

BGS geoscientists have visualised what lies beneath the waves of Loch Lomond, revealing an image of the loch bed and various sedimentary features of the subsurface.

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UK Criticality Assessment: A revised Methodology
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UK assessment of technology-critical minerals and metals

12/10/2023

New publication by the UK Critical Mineral Intelligence Centre sets out a revised methodology

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Recovering the scientific landers on RV Dagon. © Inkfish.
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Trans-Pacific Transit 2023: deep-diving ocean partnership sets sail

04/10/2023

BGS has joined a multidisciplinary research expedition to ‘explore the unexplored’ and fill in some of the biggest gaps in our knowledge of the oceans' darkest depths.

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Left to right: Luzie Schnieders (MARUM), Nancy Prouty (USGS), Hannah Grant (BGS) and Mary Mowat (BGS) on the deck as the MMA Valour sets sail. Photo credit MarleyParker@ECORD_IODP
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Scientists set sail to investigate high-resolution sea level, climate and coral reef records

25/09/2023

BGS scientists are taking part in an expedition off Hawai'i to investigate sea-level changes recorded by ancient coral reefs.

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‘First of its kind’ online tool created to help tackle pollution in London

04/09/2023

The new Road Pollution Solutions tool predicts pollution levels from road runoff and suggests nature-based solutions to combat it.

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Subsidence warning notice, Arvalee © Kenneth Allen cc-by-sa/2.0. Geograph Britain and Ireland
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Evolving policies in the face of climate change: BGS data can help

25/08/2023

Climate change is increasingly recognised as a major challenge for organisations, with the need for adaptation driving a wave of policy updates and reforms across multiple sectors. BGS data holdings are relevant to many of these changes and the following examples outline how these data packages can be applied.

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New report assesses deep geothermal energy in the UK

17/07/2023

A new BGS report assesses the current situation around and future potential of deep geothermal energy in the UK.

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