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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.

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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.

BGS blogs
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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Landslides triggered by Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis in the UK
21/02/2020
On Sunday 9 February 2020, Storm Ciara hit the UK with very high winds and intense rainfall causing widespread disruption and flooding.

BGS blogs
Reflections on a decade of data
09/01/2020
Looking back at BGS's online portal for open-access data, OpenGeoscience.