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BGS scientists join international expedition off the coast of New England

20/05/2025

Latest IODP research project investigates freshened water under the ocean floor.

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Wind turbines in England. © Eclipse Chasers, Pexels.
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New interactive map viewer reveals growing capacity and rare earth element content of UK wind farms

16/05/2025

BGS’s new tool highlights the development of wind energy installations over time, along with their magnet and rare earth content.

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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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The cliffs at Étretat, showing channelling in the Chalk and well-developed karstic dissolution pipes. BGS © UKRI 2025.
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Geology sans frontières

24/04/2025

Geology doesn’t stop at international borders, so BGS is working with neighbouring geological surveys and research institutes to solve common problems with the geology they share.

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Vacancy: Chair of the BGS Board

04/02/2025

The Chair of the BGS Board's role is crucial in guiding BGS and advancing its work in geoscience, ensuring strong governance and delivering public value.

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Extract from existing Quaternary thickness geological factor map produced as part of collaboration between BGS and The Crown Estate in 2014. BGS © UKRI. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.
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Seabed geology data: results from stakeholder consultation

31/01/2025

BGS collected valuable stakeholder feedback as part of a new Crown Estate-led initiative to improve understanding of national-scale seabed geology requirements.

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Exposures of thick Deccan Trap basalt sequences from Mahabaleshwar, India. Rocks such as these have been proposed as potential storage reservoirs for disposal of CO2 in India due to their reactive mineral components that allow for trapping of CO2 in solid mineral form. BGS © UKRI
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Could underground disposal of carbon dioxide help to reduce India’s emissions?

28/01/2025

BGS geologists have partnered with research institutes in India to explore the potential for carbon capture and storage, with an emphasis on storage.

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BGS’s Jonathan Chambers and Annie Winson sign the memorandum with PHIVOLCS Director Teresito C Bacolcol and PHIVOLCS Deputy Director Dr Ma. Mylene M Villegas from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. BGS © UKRI.
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New Memorandum of Understanding paves the way for more collaborative research in the Philippines

21/01/2025

The partnership will focus on research on multi-hazard preparedness within the country.

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New global space weather hazard index launched

17/01/2025

The new index provides a near-real time, global picture of geomagnetic variations helping to highlight the effects of space weather.

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Damage caused in Thailand by the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004. BGS © UKRI.
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Twenty years on: the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

26/12/2024

Boxing Day 2024 marks 20 years since the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Prof David Tappin reflects on the disaster and discusses what we have learnt since 2004.

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Aerial view of the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Cheshire, located in the University of Chester’s Thornton Science Park. BGS © UKRI.
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Webinar: underground thermal energy storage (UTES): uncertainties and benefits

Event on 15/01/2025

Join us for a special webinar that will introduce underground thermal aquifer storage and offer all interested parties the opportunity to participate in a workshop to be held in spring 2025.

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Loading samples into the small carbonates mass spectrometer at the BGS Stable Isotope Facility. BGS © UKRI.
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Carbon and oxygen isotope analysis of carbonates and the development of new reference materials

18/12/2024

Dr Charlotte Hipkiss and Kotryna Savickaite explore the importance of standard analysis when testing carbon and oxygen samples.

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