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CT Slice View of coral core (left) and basalt core (right) BGS © ECORD/IODP
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Largest CT core scan completed at the BGS Core Scanning Facility

09/05/2024

BGS has completed its largest CT core scan project to-date, with around 400 metres of core imaged for the IODP Drowned Reefs project.

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Professor Jonathan Chambers. BGS © UKRI.
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New BGS Chief Scientist for multi-hazards and resilience announced

09/05/2024

Professor Jonathan Chambers has been appointed as the new BGS Chief Scientist for multi-hazards and resilience (MHR), effective from 1 June 2024.

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BGS Open Day 2024

Event on 08/06/2024

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Scott's Monument, west elevation. © BGS/UKRI
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Building stones spotlight: the Sir Walter Scott Memorial 25 years after its conservation

29/04/2024

BGS geologist, Luis Albornoz-Parra, discusses the iconic Edinburgh monument, the building stones used in its construction and the result (so far) of its conservation efforts.

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BGS climate action lecture series
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BGS highlights the importance of geoscience for climate action in series of virtual lectures

01/09/2021

As part of BGS’s Geoscience Solutions for Net Zero campaign, the lectures will feature a range of topics delivered by experts in geoscience.

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Tall wind turbines are silhouetted against an orange sky, with the sun setting on the horizon
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Chasing carbon

01/09/2021

BGS geoscientists discuss our latest research which is helping to provide geoscience solutions in the transition to net zero.

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An aerial view of the city of London
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Climate change impacts on the UK

01/09/2021

Watch a special lecture by BGS geoscientists where they discuss our modelling projections and showcase our adaptation and mitigation research in the UK

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An aerial view of solar panels on top of houses
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Couch to net zero

01/09/2021

Hear from leading BGS scientists in a special talk exploring the role of geology in our everyday lives and how it is helping to meet our needs in a changing climate.

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Wind turbines against a twilight sky
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Underground energy storage: supporting the transition to net zero carbon emissions

25/08/2021

Underground storage for renewable energy resources could be a viable green solution as we transition to a net zero UK.

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Windmills on Shore. Photo by Flickr from Pexels.
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BEIS launches Climate Services for a Net Zero Resilient World (CS-N0W)

19/08/2021

A new programme will produce world-class research and advice to help the UK deliver on net zero targets.

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Steve Thorpe. BGS © UKRI.
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Back out in the field with Tromino

18/08/2021

Steve Thorpe discusses returning to fieldwork after the COVID-19 pandemic and trying out the Tromino kit.

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Figure 1. A year of seismicity in the epicentral area of the 2016 M=6.0 Amatrice earthquake (star) in Italy color coded by time of occurrence. (a) Real-time catalog, available at http://cnt.rm.ingv.it/ and (b) machine-learning catalog1 are shown for event magnitudes above their respective magnitude of completeness1,2 Mc=2.2 and Mc=0.5 (from Beroza et al., 2021).
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The future of earthquake forecasting

10/08/2021

Machine-learning illuminates earthquake activity with unprecedented detail, leading to improved earthquake forecasts.

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