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UKRI announce new Chair of the BGS Board

01/05/2025

Prof Paul Monks CB will step into the role later this year.

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World Mineral Production 2019 to 2023. BGS © UKRI.
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Latest mineral production statistics for 2019 to 2023 released

28/04/2025

More than 70 mineral commodities have been captured in the newly published volume of World Mineral Production.

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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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The cliffs at Étretat, showing channelling in the Chalk and well-developed karstic dissolution pipes. BGS © UKRI 2025.
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Geology sans frontières

24/04/2025

Geology doesn’t stop at international borders, so BGS is working with neighbouring geological surveys and research institutes to solve common problems with the geology they share.

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BGS joins new initiative supporting technical career paths

23/09/2024

A new action group has been formed to drive positive change for technical careers in the higher education and research sectors.

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The National Geological Repository. L to R: David Boon, James Naish, Karen Hanghøj, Garry Baker and Corinna Abesser. BGS © UKRI.
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Local MP checks in on development of new geothermal ‘living laboratory’ in Nottinghamshire

19/09/2024

BGS has reached the halfway mark on its ambitious ground-source heat pump project at its headquarters in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire.

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Sample of the new offshore seismic hazard map: peak ground acceleration (PGA) on rock for a 2475-year return period. BGS © UKRI. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.
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New hazard maps set to help safeguard UK offshore energy industry

12/09/2024

Essential geological model detailing seismic hazard published as the pursuit of new renewable energy infrastructure intensifies.

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A flooded field
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New £38 million project to reduce the impact of floods and droughts

02/09/2024

BGS will take a leading role in efforts to better predict the location and effects of extreme weather events.

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Prof Neil Hyatt
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New appointments to BGS Science Advisory Committee

29/08/2024

The appointments mark the latest step in the ongoing delivery of BGS’s essential geological expertise.

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Quarry at Upper Madeley Farm. Looking NE. Kidderminster Formation at Upper Madeley Farm. Sandstones high in the Kidderminster Formation, Sherwood Sandstone Group. Medium-grained, gently cross-bedded sandstones containing occasional beds of flattened mudstone clasts but devoid of 'Bunter' pebbles. Thin glacial sandy gravel at top of face.
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Funding awarded for study on hydrogen storage potential in the East Midlands

19/08/2024

A new study has been awarded funding to explore the underground hydrogen storage potential in the East Midlands.

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Ms Gillian Martin MSP (right) with Dr Alison Monaghan and Vanessa Starcher of BGS with at the Glasgow Observatory. BGS © UKRI
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Unlocking our geothermal potential: a Scottish Government visit to the Glasgow Observatory

15/08/2024

Gillian Martin MSP visits the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow to learn about geothermal energy and see the research being carried out at the facility.

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Landslide aftermath. © Timo Volz, Unsplash
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Studying multi-hazards from space

25/07/2024

A new European Space Agency-funded project will study the effect earthquakes have on occurrences of other natural hazards in the long-term.

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