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Project Acorn, a carbon dioxide transportation and storage system, is part of the Scottish Industrial Decarbonisation Cluster at St Fergus, Aberdeenshire. © Project Acorn
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New funding awarded for UK geological storage research

21/11/2025

A project that aims to investigate the UK’s subsurface resource to support net zero has been awarded funding and is due to begin its research.

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The aurora over West Linton on the Scottish Borders. Credit: Jez Everest
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UK braced for what could be the largest solar storm in over two decades

12/11/2025

Intense geomagnetic activity could disrupt technology such as communication systems, global positioning systems and satellite orbits.

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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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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.

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Wildlife and biodiversity gains at BGS

27/09/2021

Our rewilding scheme is already encouraging more diverse fauna onto our Keyworth site.

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Glaciers retreat; soils emerge – summer fieldwork at 79°N

14/09/2021

Studying the evolution of newly emerging soils uncovered by retreating glaciers on the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.

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BGS climate action lecture series
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BGS highlights the importance of geoscience for climate action in series of virtual lectures

01/09/2021

As part of BGS’s Geoscience Solutions for Net Zero campaign, the lectures will feature a range of topics delivered by experts in geoscience.

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Tall wind turbines are silhouetted against an orange sky, with the sun setting on the horizon
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Chasing carbon

01/09/2021

BGS geoscientists discuss our latest research which is helping to provide geoscience solutions in the transition to net zero.

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Climate change impacts on the UK

01/09/2021

Watch a special lecture by BGS geoscientists where they discuss our modelling projections and showcase our adaptation and mitigation research in the UK

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Couch to net zero

01/09/2021

Hear from leading BGS scientists in a special talk exploring the role of geology in our everyday lives and how it is helping to meet our needs in a changing climate.

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Wind turbines against a twilight sky
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Underground energy storage: supporting the transition to net zero carbon emissions

25/08/2021

Underground storage for renewable energy resources could be a viable green solution as we transition to a net zero UK.

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