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Funding awarded to UK/Canadian critical mineral research projects
08/07/2025
BGS is part of a groundbreaking science partnership aiming to improve critical minerals mining and supply chains.

Release of over 500 Scottish abandoned-mine plans
24/06/2025
The historical plans cover non-coal mines that were abandoned pre-1980 and are available through BGS's plans viewer.

AI and Earth observation: BGS visits the European Space Agency
02/07/2025
The newest artificial intelligence for earth science: how ESA and NASA are using AI to understand our planet.
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BGS PRIME: an early warning system for slope failure
13/01/2021
Dam and slope failures can lead to the wide-scale destruction of property and, in some cases, catastrophic loss of life.

BGS welcomes Patrick Gray , Head of Digital Products, Ideation and Enterprise
11/01/2021
Patrick comes with a wealth of data, product and partnership management experience across a variety of commercial markets.

BGS joins international research into robotic revolution
08/01/2021
International research illustrates the opportunities and challenges that robots and autonomous systems, could bring for urban biodiversity and ecosystems in the future.

Sustainable Development Goals with Dr Joel Gill
08/01/2021
Dr Joel Gill discusses the role geoscience plays in achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and the ethics of storytelling.

Dr Alison Monaghan awarded MBE
30/12/2020
Dr Alison Monaghan has been recognised in the 2021 Queen’s New Year Honours List for her outstanding contribution to geology.

Geoscience and climate change with Karen Hanghøj
17/12/2020
On the first edition of the BGS podcast, Director Dr Karen Hanghøj discusses critical Earth materials, climate change and COP26, due to be held in Glasgow in 2021.

A new BGS platform to model volcanic ash in the atmosphere
16/12/2020
BGS has supported the creation of a new modelling platform to aid research workflows around ash dispersion simulation.

Evidence Week 2020
14/12/2020
The UK Geoenergy Observatories team took part in Evidence Week 2020 to talk to parliamentarians about the essential role of geoenergy in the energy mix to meet net zero.