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Overview of Europe’s main land subsidence processes. Fig 1 from 'Lessons learned from European land subsidence' published in Nature.
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What lies beneath Europe’s sinking ground?

01/09/2026

Land subsidence is becoming increasingly visible across Europe. New research examines how better monitoring, shared data and a deeper understanding of the subsurface can help assess and manage its impacts.

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Secrets of an ancient supervolcano uncovered that change our understanding of England’s geological past

28/08/2026

Scientists have found evidence of a long-hidden link between an ancient buried ash layer in Scandinavia and a concealed supervolcano in eastern England.

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Folded raw carbon fibre cloth. © iStockPhoto
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Measuring the environmental impacts of carbon fibre:  life cycle assessment

01/09/2026

Undergraduate student Phoebe Brown visited BGS to understand the life cycle of carbon fibre, from primary production to recycling.

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Team photo of the Inorganic Geochemistry Facility. BGS@ UKRI.
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Celebrating 25 years of technical excellence at the BGS Inorganic Geochemistry Facility 

08/11/2024

The ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation is evidence of technical excellence and reliability, and a mark of quality assurance.

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Oita calligraphy. BGS © UKRI. 
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Electromagnetic geophysics in Japan: a conference experience

23/10/2024

Juliane Huebert took in the fascinating sights of Beppu, Japan, while at a geophysics conference that uses electromagnetic fields to look deep into the Earth and beyond.

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A woman in a lab coat, gloves and goggles uses a pipette to add some liquid to a container
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Exploring the role of stable isotope geochemistry in nuclear forensics

09/10/2024

Paulina Baranowska introduces her PhD research investigating the use of oxygen isotopes as a nuclear forensic signature.

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Left to right: Andrew Finlayson (BGS); Sigurður Ingi Friðleifsson (Orkustofnun); Steinunn Hauksdóttir (ÍSOR); Ögmundur Erlendsson (ÍSOR); Anett Blischke (ÍSOR); Árni Magnússon (ÍSOR); Dr Bryony Mathew (British Ambassador to Iceland); Duncan Stevens (BGS); Molly Lewis (Second Secretary, British Embassy); Nicola Dakin (BGS), and Dayton Dove (BGS). BGS © UKRI.
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BGS collaborates with Icelandic colleagues to assess windfarm suitability 

03/10/2024

Iceland’s offshore geology, geomorphology and climate present all the elements required for renewable energy resources.

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The Atlantic coastline from our hotel in The Gambia. BGS © UKRI.
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Mining sand sustainably in The Gambia

17/09/2024

BGS geologists Tom Bide and Clive Mitchell travelled to The Gambia as part of our ongoing work aiming to reduce the impact of sand mining.

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Visit by Indonesian Embassy representatives to BGS

27/08/2024

Strengthening BGS/Indonesia scientific research partnerships to address the complex challenges Indonesia faces from natural hazards and maximising opportunities from mineral resources and geothermal energy.

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Conducting research at the BGS Keyworth laboratories. © Riveen Pehesara Kumanayaka
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Laboratory life: my work experience week at BGS

20/08/2024

Aspiring astrophysicist Riveen Pehesara Kumanayaka shares his experience following an A-level work placement with BGS.

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A landscape of mountains and depressions
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Extracting formation temperatures from stalagmites 

14/08/2024

BGS’s Andrew Smith explores the karstic depressions of northern Spain in the quest to create a palaeothermometer.

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