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BGS awarded funding to support Malaysia’s climate resilience plan

17/12/2025

The project, funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, will focus on minimising economic and social impacts from rainfall-induced landslides.

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New geological maps of the Yorkshire Wolds to better inform groundwater management and policy decisions

17/12/2025

The new mapping provides crucial data on localised geological issues that may assist in protecting water supplies.

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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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Valley and rock islands at Carlops. The telephone poles help emphasise the scale of the valley and serve as a useful analogue for the general spacing of ground-truth sites offshore, which often miss the variability of geological conditions. Offshore valleys formed by meltwater can be up to ten times larger than the one shown here, reaching several hundreds of metres in depth. BGS © UKRI.
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How the geology on our doorstep can help inform offshore infrastructure design

19/11/2025

BGS is part of a new collaboration using onshore field work to contextualise offshore data and update baseline geological models which can inform the sustainable use of marine resources.

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Six changing coastlines and how climate change could affect them

12/04/2022

We explore how parts of the British coastline are changing and what important factors we should consider in terms of natural hazards, adaptation and resilience.

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UK Minerals Yearbook 2021 available to download

11/04/2022

The UK Minerals Yearbook 2021 provides essential information about the production, consumption and trade of UK minerals up to 2020.

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Alternating limestones and shales of Porthkerry Formation (Jurassic). Dunraven. BGS © UKRI
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BGS releases first in a series of new offshore maps of the UK seabed 

06/04/2022

BGS has released the first high-resolution, offshore map in a new series featuring the seabed around the UK.

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Sea level rise and coastal erosion: what’s the real impact?

05/04/2022

How much of an issue are coastal vulnerabilities and what do we need to consider to increase our resilience to future events?

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New BGS datasets for coastal management, planning and adaptation in the face of climate change

29/03/2022

BGS GeoCoast is a package of geospatial datasets designed to provide information on the geological conditions and constraints around the coastline of Britain.

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GeoCoast dataset launch event

Event on 28/04/2022

BGS invites you to discover more about our new data product to underpin coastal decision making, resilience and adaptation.

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World Water Day 2022

22/03/2022

Groundwater: how BGS is helping to make the invisible visible

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BGS and WaterAid publish new research on groundwater resilience

21/03/2022

Most African countries have enough groundwater reserves to face at least five years of drought, new research reveals

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