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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?

New seabed sediment maps reveal what lies beneath the waves
03/09/2025
Marine ecosystem science and offshore infrastructure will be boosted by a new dataset showing sediment composition across the UK continental shelf.

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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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

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.

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

Dadlau dros gyfathrebau dwyieithog
11/03/2021
Welsh geologist Ashley Patton makes the case for sharing bilingual content, especially when working with the public.

Exploding rocks: the UK’s first Selfrag machine
09/03/2021
BGS’s new Selfrag machine is helping to unearth the history of rocks.

GeoClimate launch event — reducing subsidence risk due to climate change
Event on 20/05/2021
Learn more about a major new release of our GeoClimate UKCP18 data

Virtual fieldwork during a global pandemic
03/03/2021
Virtual field reconnaissance can help maintain research momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Cardiff Urban Geo Observatory: ‘a city-scale observatory for city-scale challenges’
02/03/2021
Heat recovery and storage in the urban subsurface could offer part of the solution to decarbonise energy supplies.