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BGS artificial ground data: what do you need from a geological survey?

28/08/2025

BGS is seeking user feedback on artificial ground data: how you use it, what information you consider, and what we can do to improve our offering.

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Wild grasses and pond with a path and the old Broad Marsh in the background.
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New research published on brownfield land

27/08/2025

National Brownfield Forum research on the interactions of policies affecting the planning and development of brownfield land has been published.

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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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Gemini: a new stable isotope tool

21/08/2025

BGS’s Stable Isotope Facility has new mass spectrometer equipment for analysing carbon and oxygen isotopes from carbonates and water.

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Blue whale in Hintze Hall - Credit: Trustees of NHM
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BGS and the Natural History Museum’s ‘Research Partnership for the Future’ 2022

20/01/2022

The Memorandum of Understanding reflects and builds on the two organisations’ shared history and sets out a roadmap for working collaboratively to deliver our joint ambitions.

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power station at Ratcliffe-on-Soar
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Important new report outlines status of geological storage of carbon dioxide in Europe

22/12/2021

The latest news on the status of geological storage of carbon dioxide in Europe is outlined in a comprehensive new report from CO2GeoNet.

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S amll cave in a white chalk cliff that has bands of flint pebbles.
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New research reveals fresh insights into the role of karst in the Chalk aquifer

20/12/2021

New research has thrown fresh light on what scientists understand about the role of karst in the Chalk aquifer, which provides public water supplies to millions of people, agriculture and industry, and sustains vital habitats.

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Midlothian Climate Beacon Exhibition launches at NMMS
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New climate change art and science exhibition opens at the National Mining Museum Scotland

29/11/2021

The exhibition will take viewers on a journey through a series of geoscience themes, showcasing how climate change affects our urban and natural environment.

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BGS to deliver three-year groundwater flood forecasting service to support emergency response to flooding

29/11/2021

BGS is delivering a national-scale early warning system for groundwater flooding, alongside the Environment Agency and the Met Office.

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New tool provides users with free access to geological models for three major UK cities

18/11/2021

A new tool providing free user access to 3D geological models has been added to the GeoIndex.

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Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser visits the Glasgow Observatory
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Prof Dame Ottoline Leyser visits Glasgow underground observatory

12/11/2021

The Glasgow Observatory provides unprecedented access to the subsurface and will fill in the knowledge gaps around geothermal energy. 

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The Hope Sculpture - Steuart Padwick
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BGS welcomes Glasgow’s new Hope Sculpture at Cunningar Loop

08/11/2021

BGS has welcomed an exciting new public art sculpture by Steuart Padwick, serving as a beacon of hope and positivity for the city.

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