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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.
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?
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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BGS partners with leading artists in COP26 project to bring climate change science to life through poetry
28/10/2021
BGS is part of an inspiring new project designed to bring science and poetry together to imagine a more prosperous, sustainable planet.
Scientists analyse lime resources in the UK
25/10/2021
A study by BGS scientists could help to improve soil magnesium concentrations and pH in grassland areas of England and Wales, with benefits for UK agriculture and farming.
New method offers rapid monitoring of contamination in drinking water
20/10/2021
Scientists have developed an innovative new method to monitor the risk of contamination in drinking water with immediate results, enabling global communities to respond rapidly and help reduce exposure to deadly diarrhoeal diseases.
UKRI Chief Executive, Prof Dame Ottoline Leyser, visits BGS
08/10/2021
Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser visited BGS in a special tour of the East Midlands’ science and technology hubs.
Making recommendations for the management of carbon dioxide storage and unconventional hydrocarbon extraction sites
04/10/2021
The safe operation of geoenergy and subsurface storage sites is required to help meet net zero carbon ambitions.
BGS evaluation stakeholder feedback survey
30/09/2021
As part of our governance relationship with NERC, we are undergoing an evaluation of our service provision and performance as a geological survey over the last five years.
Phosphorus in caves: a new methodological development being pioneered at Poole’s Cavern with the help of BGS
30/09/2021
Alistair Morgan is exploring how phosphorous enters cave systems and if stalagmites could be used to unravel past temperatures.
Wildlife and biodiversity gains at BGS
27/09/2021
Our rewilding scheme is already encouraging more diverse fauna onto our Keyworth site.