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Is your region susceptible? Britain’s geohazard hotspots revealed

14/08/2025

From sinkholes to radon: new maps highlight the most geologically at-risk regions

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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.

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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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Indian delegates and BGS staff outside BGS’s headquarters in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire. BGS © UKRI.
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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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Insights into the ‘missing link’ of how copper ore deposits form

26/03/2021

Porphyry deposits provide around 75 per cent of the world’s copper, which is in increasing demand as a major raw material in power infrastructure and green technologies.

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New instrument to characterise the geochemistry of microscopic, solid-rock materials resulting from ancient fluid events such as those occurring during or after volcanic eruptions. Image credit: BGS ©UKRI. All rights reserved.
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Funding for a new type of mass spectrometer to aid net zero research

25/03/2021

This new instrument will be used to characterise the geochemistry of microscopic, solid-rock materials.

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The BGS iGeology app has been downloaded over 400 000 times worldwide by users such as building surveyors, walkers, teachers and geologists. © sturti iStock.
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iGeology: enhancing the visibility of BGS map data and reports

24/03/2021

Downloaded over 400 000 times worldwide by building surveyors, walkers, teachers and geologists

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World Water Day
BGS blogs
World Water Day

22/03/2021

Jade Ward shares an overview of the ways in which groundwater resources are helping to address worldwide issues such as the global water crisis, waterborne disease and climate change adaptation.

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PhD student Sophia
BGS blogs
Land-to-lake micronutrient transfer in east Africa

18/03/2021

Sophia shares her experience from her first year as a PhD student with the Inorganic Geochemistry Facility

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BGS blogs
Environmental understanding: adapting to a changing climate

16/03/2021

From food security to mitigating geohazard risks, environmental understanding is essential for mitigation and resilience in a changing climate.

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Tsunami damage May 2011 - North Honshu Island
BGS blogs
10 years on: the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

11/03/2021

In remembrance, Prof David Tappin discusses the importance of tsunami anniversaries

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UKGEOS
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Dadlau dros gyfathrebau dwyieithog

11/03/2021

Welsh geologist Ashley Patton makes the case for sharing bilingual content, especially when working with the public.

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