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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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Map showing the locations (red dots) of the deepest points in each of the world’s five oceans (Atlantic, Southern, Indian, Pacific and Arctic). Global bathymetry from Global Multi-Resolution Topography Synthesis (GMRT).
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Deepest points of the Indian Ocean and Southern Ocean revealed

11/05/2021

As part of the Five Deeps Expedition team, scientists from BGS have surveyed in detail the deepest reaches of the Java and South Sandwich trenches.

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New book sets out the role of geoscience in achieving a sustainable future

21/04/2021

The role of geoscience in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals is the subject of a new book edited by staff at the British Geological Survey (BGS) and Geology for Global Development (GfGD), a charity which aims to promote the role of geology in sustainable development.

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UK’s mineral production, consumption and trade revealed in new report

06/04/2021

BGS has published the United Kingdom Minerals Yearbook 2020, with partners the Confederation of British Industry Minerals Group and Mineral Products Association

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Sirena Deep Five Deeps Expedition ©Atlantic Productions for Discovery Channel 2020
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Uncovering secrets of the Mariana Trench

31/03/2021

Scientists have discovered that the true extent of the deepest parts of our oceans may be far larger than they previously thought.

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CO2 storage testbed consultation

30/03/2021

BGS and NERC are now seeking views on possible research priorities for a potential new storage testbed

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ODA statement

29/03/2021

BGS is currently working across NERC/UKRI and with all its partners to understand the impact on our current ODA funded projects.

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IODP Expedition 302 Arctic Coring Expedition
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BGS to support novel scientific ocean drilling expedition to explore Arctic Ocean palaeoceanography and climate

18/02/2021

BGS is pleased to be part of a joint IODP expedition focused on the Arctic Ocean, a key location in global climate change.

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