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BGS-led paper scoops prestigious award

16/09/2025

New research providing earlier warnings of landslides has been awarded the British Geotechnical Association medal.

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Geological core stored in the National Geological Repository, Keyworth. BGS © UKRI.
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Why do we store geological core?

11/09/2025

With space at a premium and the advance of new digitisation techniques, why does retaining over 600 km of physical specimens remain of national importance?

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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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Field team with local guides ready to collect soil samples from the surrounding forest. BGS © UKRI.
BGS blogs

PhD adventures in the Philippines: coring around Lake Bulusan 

05/09/2025

Chris Bengt recounts his two-week field trip to Bulusan Volcano Natural Park in the Philippines to collect lake sediment cores, fresh soil and water samples.

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Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser visits the Glasgow Observatory
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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. 

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3D electrical resistivity image
BGS blogs
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.

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The Hope Sculpture - Steuart Padwick
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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.

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Henllan Bridge on River Tivey
BGS blogs
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.

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Digital preservation at BGS
BGS blogs
Byte by byte: developing our digital preservation capability

04/11/2021

A brief timeline of the digital preservation journey at BGS and NGDC.

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Underground research at Boulby Mine
Research highlight
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.

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ACROS building in Japan - source Noa / iStock
BGS blogs
Foundations for a future net zero city?

01/11/2021

The space beneath our cities can play a vital role in supporting climate resilient urban spaces.

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power station at Ratcliffe-on-Soar
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Standardised framework provides assessment of carbon dioxide storage site readiness

28/10/2021

Geoscientists have developed a practical framework for assessing the degree of ’readiness’ of a prospective carbon dioxide storage site.

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