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Is your region susceptible? Britain’s geohazard hotspots revealed

14/08/2025

From sinkholes to radon: new maps highlight the most geologically at-risk regions

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New platform highlights geothermal potential across the UK

11/08/2025

A new government-funded geothermal initiative, which includes an interactive map, has launched to help decision makers assess the geothermal potential across the UK.

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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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Indian delegates and BGS staff outside BGS’s headquarters in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire. BGS © UKRI.
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BGS hosts India for ‘deep dive’ on carbon capture and storage

30/07/2025

Some of India’s top scientists visited BGS to explore the UK’s carbon dioxide storage research potential.

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The importance of biodiversity in achieving net zero

02/07/2022

Protecting the natural world is an important component in achieving net zero.

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BGS Geology Viewer for mobile and desktop
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BGS launches new Geology Viewer

30/06/2022

A new app providing easy access to the subsurface of Britain has been released by BGS.

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Overview of the 3D alkaline-silicate geomodel showing a surface caldera, and a series of mafic staging chambers.
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New 3D model will help guide exploration for rare earth element deposits in alkaline igneous systems

30/06/2022

A team of scientists and institutions across Europe have developed a new 3D geological model designed to guide exploration for rare earth elements.

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A hydrocarbon drilling platform rises above the surface of the sea. There are offshore wind turbines in the background.
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Major research project will support UK’s energy transition

27/06/2022

BGS will lead the new research project 'Managing the Environmental Sustainability of the Offshore Energy Transition'.

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Darjeeling Hills, India
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Developing regional-scale landslide forecasting in hazard-prone regions of India

23/06/2022

BGS has been involved in co-developing a prototype regional-scale landslide forecasting system in two hazard-prone districts of India.

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Working at BGS as a postgraduate intern

15/06/2022

Katie Williams, an environmental geochemistry masters student, shares her experience following a work placement in the Stable Isotope Facility.

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Stalked Ascidean - image by Atlantic Productions
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Scientists reveal extraordinary ecosystems in the deepest part of the Indian Ocean

08/06/2022

New technology has enabled marine scientists to capture some of the world’s first images of previously unexplored habitats in the deepest point of the Indian Ocean.

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An atlantic salmon attempting to jump up a waterfall in the Scottish Highlands, on a journey to spawning grounds.
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Climate change and human exploitation linked to historic decline in Atlantic salmon

08/06/2022

New research reveals that both a change in climate and human exploitation played a role in a decline in North Atlantic salmon populations.

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