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Funding secured to help mitigate ground risk in UK construction sector
05/02/2026
The BGS Common Ground project has been awarded new funding to help unlock the value of ground investigation data.
Hole-y c*@p! How bat excrement is sculpting Borneo’s hidden caves
23/12/2025
BGS researchers have delved into Borneo’s underworld to learn more about how guano deposited by bats and cave-dwelling birds is shaping the subsurface.
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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.
UK’s new underground observatory open for research
07/12/2020
The UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow, which will give scientists an unprecedented look at the subsurface, holds its virtual opening.
Real-time monitoring of faecally contaminated drinking water
04/12/2020
Tryptophan-like fluorescence (TLF) represents an approach to instantaneously assess microbial risks in drinking water.
New maps reveal heat stored in Britain’s abandoned coal mines
01/12/2020
BGS and the Coal Authority have released maps which for the first time, reveal the extent to which heat is stored in Britain’s abandoned coal mines.
Developing new seismic hazard maps for the UK
30/11/2020
Understanding and quantifying the hazard earthquakes pose to the built environment in the UK.
BGS’s Dr Kathryn Goodenough features in 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining 2020
25/11/2020
Dr Kathryn Goodenough, Principal Geologist, of the British Geological Survey (BGS) has been recognised in the 2020 edition of ‘100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining’, a bi-annual publication which celebrates the extraordinary contribution of women in the global mining industry and identifies role models for future generations.