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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.
Oasis revealed as Scottish capital’s ‘most seismic’ concert
07/08/2025
Twenty years of evidence from earthquake monitoring proves the Britpop legends are the most ‘ground shaking’ musical act to perform at Murrayfield Stadium, with the chance to secure their position at the top of the charts this weekend.
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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New tool provides users with free access to geological models for three major UK cities
18/11/2021
A new tool providing free user access to 3D geological models has been added to the GeoIndex.
Stuck in the mud: the long-term accumulation and dispersal of microplastics across urban catchments
18/11/2021
Investigating how salt marshes store and interact with plastics and explaining the key processes that control their accumulation and release.
Prof Dame Ottoline Leyser visits Glasgow underground observatory
12/11/2021
The Glasgow Observatory provides unprecedented access to the subsurface and will fill in the knowledge gaps around geothermal energy.
Can geophysics help feed people in a changing climate?
09/11/2021
Conservation agriculture and electrical resistivity tomography could help combat the factors affecting food security in southern Africa.
BGS welcomes Glasgow’s new Hope Sculpture at Cunningar Loop
08/11/2021
BGS has welcomed an exciting new public art sculpture by Steuart Padwick, serving as a beacon of hope and positivity for the city.
Climate and geology: considering future potential for river scour
05/11/2021
A trial BGS data product takes the temporal component of potential future increased amount and intensity of rainfall on river scour into account.
Byte by byte: developing our digital preservation capability
04/11/2021
A brief timeline of the digital preservation journey at BGS and NGDC.
The scientists going underground in search of answers to energy storage
04/11/2021
Finding answers to some of our planet’s biggest challenges can require scientists to carry out their work in the most extraordinary of environments.