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Kamchatka earthquake highlights the advances in tsunami early warning systems

31/07/2025

The response to the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Russia has emphasised how far scientific understanding of tsunamis has come over the last two decades, and the improved mitigation measures that are now in place.

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New journal article reveals snapshot of forever chemicals in shallow English soils

31/07/2025

Data on the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance concentrations in English soils has been released.

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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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Exposures of thick Deccan Trap basalt sequences from Mahabaleshwar, India. Rocks such as these have been proposed as potential storage reservoirs for disposal of CO2 in India due to their reactive mineral components that allow for trapping of CO2 in solid mineral form. BGS © UKRI
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Could underground disposal of carbon dioxide help to reduce India’s emissions?

28/01/2025

BGS geologists have partnered with research institutes in India to explore the potential for carbon capture and storage, with an emphasis on storage.

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BGS’s Jonathan Chambers and Annie Winson sign the memorandum with PHIVOLCS Director Teresito C Bacolcol and PHIVOLCS Deputy Director Dr Ma. Mylene M Villegas from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. BGS © UKRI.
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New Memorandum of Understanding paves the way for more collaborative research in the Philippines

21/01/2025

The partnership will focus on research on multi-hazard preparedness within the country.

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New global space weather hazard index launched

17/01/2025

The new index provides a near-real time, global picture of geomagnetic variations helping to highlight the effects of space weather.

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Damage caused in Thailand by the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004. BGS © UKRI.
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Twenty years on: the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

26/12/2024

Boxing Day 2024 marks 20 years since the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Prof David Tappin reflects on the disaster and discusses what we have learnt since 2004.

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Aerial view of the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Cheshire, located in the University of Chester’s Thornton Science Park. BGS © UKRI.
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Webinar: underground thermal energy storage (UTES): uncertainties and benefits

Event on 15/01/2025

Join us for a special webinar that will introduce underground thermal aquifer storage and offer all interested parties the opportunity to participate in a workshop to be held in spring 2025.

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Loading samples into the small carbonates mass spectrometer at the BGS Stable Isotope Facility. BGS © UKRI.
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Carbon and oxygen isotope analysis of carbonates and the development of new reference materials

18/12/2024

Dr Charlotte Hipkiss and Kotryna Savickaite explore the importance of standard analysis when testing carbon and oxygen samples.

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Magnetic declination (the angle between magnetic and geographic north) in 2025 according to WMM2025. Red is magnetic north to east of geographic north; blue is to west. BGS © UKRI and © Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith (1996), A global, self-consistent, hierarchical, high-resolution shoreline database, J. Geophys. Res., 101(B4), 8741–8743, doi:10.1029/96JB00104 (v2.3.6)
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Airlines, shipping companies and sleigh drivers rush to update crucial navigation systems ahead of Christmas rush

17/12/2024

Release of major upgrade to a new model tracking magnetic north prompts global reset of satellite tracking systems across trade and passenger transport routes.

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Athena SWAN Silver Accreditation
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BGS awarded Athena SWAN Silver status

12/12/2024

BGS are delighted to have been awarded Athena SWAN Silver status in recognition of our ongoing commitment to gender equality

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