Latest
![Landslide aftermath. © Timo Volz, Unsplash](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/landslide-aftermath-timo-volz-unsplash.webp)
Studying multi-hazards from space
25/07/2024
A new European Space Agency-funded project will study the effect earthquakes have on occurrences of other natural hazards in the long-term.
![Scottish river in low flow. © Paul Glendell](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/scottish-river-in-low-flow.webp)
Warnings for Scottish farmers and distillers as new data indicates climate change may double number of droughts
23/07/2024
The agricultural and distilling sectors could face significant challenges after research finds the number of droughts in Scotland may double in the next 25 years.
![Nine people in two groups (four to the left; five to the right) standing on grey rocks with brown cliffs behind them.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/tuscany-feature-image.jpg)
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.
Explore more news
Browse all news and events by category
![Nastassja Simenski and Angenita Teekens visiting the National Geological Respository . © Emma Bee](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/core-library-users-artists-280923.jpg)
The art of boreholes: Essex artists visit the BGS to be inspired by our library of geological core
02/11/2023
Two UK-based artists visitors aim to turn art and earth science into a collaborative experience that facilitates discussion on land usage.
![Sand mining. BGS © UKRI](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/sand-quarry-IMG-2918.jpg)
Good practice for sand mining
24/10/2023
Tom Bide and Clive Mitchell outline how BGS is working on geoscience-led solutions for the global issue of sand mining.
![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](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/hornet-moth.jpg)
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.
![Five students stand behind a sign for the British Geological Survey](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Students-BGS-sign-960x640.jpg)
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.
![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.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/P724548_960.jpg)
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.
![Pyroclastic density current deposits from the 18 May 1980 eruption exposed along drainages in the pumice plain. BGS © UKRI](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/IMG-20230816-WA0008.jpg)
In photos: a volcanic field trip
31/08/2023
Volcanologist Samantha Engwell visited the Cascades in the United States to learn more about the 1980 Mount St Helens volcanic eruption.
![Recording pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, and temperature of groundwater](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Groundwater_testing.jpg)
Understanding Nottinghamshire’s groundwater microbial ecosystems
24/08/2023
PhD student Archita Bhattacharyya is undertaking a project focused on exploring the ecosystem of microorganisms in groundwater of England.
![lake-loktak-the-manipuri-hills-and-local-fisherman](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/lake-loktak-the-manipuri-hills-and-local-fisherman-960x645.webp)
‘Core blimey!’ A PhD fieldwork trip to India
22/08/2023
PhD student Hamish Duncalf-Youngson recently visited Manipur, India, to assess the effects of aquaculture, environmental change and pollution at this internationally important site.