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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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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

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A geologist kneeling on a wide, white expanse of a salt flat in Argentina
Research highlight
Virtual fieldwork during a global pandemic

03/03/2021

Virtual field reconnaissance can help maintain research momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Heat recovery and storage in the urban subsurface, using open- and closed-loop ground-source heat pumps (GSHP), connected via heat networks, could offer part of the solution to decarbonise energy supplies to achieve net zero
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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.

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British Science Week

Event from 08/03/2021 to 12/03/2021

BGS took part in British Science Week, a national celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths.

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A modern sculpture of teo curved half arches in Cunigar Loop Park, Glasgow
Research highlight
Delivering geoenergy research infrastructure in Glasgow

24/02/2021

Data from the Glasgow Observatory will help us to understand coal-mine-water heat and sustainable ways of heating our cities.

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Prees Borehole
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The Prees Borehole and the JET Project

24/02/2021

A recent borehole in Shropshire is unearthing new information about the chronology and environments of the Early Jurassic.

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IODP Expedition 302 Arctic Coring Expedition
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BGS to support novel scientific ocean drilling expedition to explore Arctic Ocean palaeoceanography and climate

18/02/2021

BGS is pleased to be part of a joint IODP expedition focused on the Arctic Ocean, a key location in global climate change.

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