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Call for new members and Chair to join the NERC facilities steering committees
25/02/2026
New members are needed to join the committees over the next four years.
Your views wanted – developing a ‘Geothermal energy subsurface data portfolio’
24/02/2026
BGS is aiming to support the growth of the sector by providing the best-available, location-specific geothermal and ground source heat information as an accessible product or service.
PhD adventures in Copenhagen, Denmark: revealing past recovery processes of tropical forest systems through ancient environmental DNA
12/03/2026
PhD student Chris Bengt visited the University of Copenhagen to carry out very delicate extraction of aeDNA from lake-sediment cores, in the hopes of unlocking the secrets of past volcanic eruptions.
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Citizen science: become part of a real-time Global Landslide Detector
29/08/2022
BGS and partners are trialling a new social media tool that detects worldwide landslides in real time.
BGS joins the UK Centre for Seabed Mapping to raise data and mapping standards
25/08/2022
BGS is the latest UK Government organisation to join the newly unveiled UK Centre for Seabed Mapping, helping to boost marine data and mapping standards.
Groundwater’s role in the current drought
15/08/2022
Groundwater can play a vital part in keeping the UK’s water supply flowing, but we need to ensure that we monitor levels and rates of extraction during dry spells.
Sampling salt marsh sediments: a Thames microplastics fieldtrip
15/08/2022
Megan Trusler gives an overview of her PhD project, which studies the role salt marshes play in the accumulation and transport of microplastics.
BGS Strategy stakeholder survey
05/08/2022
Have your say as we develop our new 2023-2027 strategy.
River erosion: the forgotten hazard of flooding
03/08/2022
Impacts from flood events can be widespread, long-lasting and extremely costly. The UK Government and environmental protection agencies continue to invest heavily in mitigation measures, as well as trying to predict which areas are most at risk.
GeoScour dataset launch event
Event on 08/09/2022
Access a recording of our 30-minute webinar for an overview of river scour and its associated river erosion hazards, including surface geology susceptibility and bedrock geology susceptibility.
Observing magnetic fields: 100 years of data
02/08/2022
Marking the centenary of the Lerwick Geophysical Observatory.