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BGS engineering geologist elected to CCOP

29/04/2026

Marcus Dobbs has been elected as vice-chair of the advisory group for the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia.

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UK Minerals Yearbook 2025 now available

21/04/2026

The annual publication provides essential information about the production, consumption and trade of UK minerals up to 2025.

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Strengthening capacity through partnership: a critical minerals perspective

28/04/2026

BGS has been working in partnership with the Geological Survey Department of Zambia (GSD) to build national capacity, improve data accessibility and support long-term, sustainable development.

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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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Geology beneath the waves lecture
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Geology beneath the waves: developing maps and models of the sea floor

Event on 23/11/2023

A special webinar focusing on our cutting-edge sea floor mapping research and an exciting new project exploring the deepest reaches of the world's oceans. A recording is now available.

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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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Adult hornet moth with a wingspan of 45mm (left) and the slightly smaller, and much more widespread, lunar hornet moth (right), which has also been recorded at BGS Keyworth. The main differences are the yellow face and the pair of yellow ‘headlights’ on the shoulders of the hornet moth. © Steve Mathers
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Rare hornet moth colony found at BGS Keyworth

03/10/2023

A colony of these rare clearwing moths has recently been discovered on site at the BGS headquarters in Keyworth.

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Nurturing early career scientists: 20 years of undergraduate industrial placements at BGS

28/09/2023

Michael Watts, BGS Head of Inorganic Chemistry, and previous placement students reflect on their experiences working at BGS’s Inorganic Geochemistry Facility over the past 20 years.

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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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Fossils, including microfossils such as this foraminifera, can tell us about past climates and environments via analysis of their shells' chemical composition. Florilus asterizans from Hong Kong. BGS © UKRI.
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BGS laboratory spotlight: isotopes as recorders of climate and environmental change

06/09/2023

How measuring oxygen and carbon isotopes in tiny fossils improves our understanding of past climate.

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