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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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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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A town on a loch side in Scotland
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Scientists identify hidden landslides beneath Scottish lochs

26/06/2020

Survey data shows five locations around the Scottish coast are subject to underwater landslides.

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BGS’s Dr Marie Cowan honoured by Royal Irish Academy for contribution to society

22/05/2020

Dr Marie Cowan, Director of the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland, has received the major national honour for her contribution to society on the island of Ireland.

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