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Geological core stored in the National Geological Repository, Keyworth. BGS © UKRI.

BGS news

Why do we store geological core?

11/09/2025

With space at a premium and the advance of new digitisation techniques, why does retaining over 600 km of physical specimens remain of national importance?

Understanding the distribution of seabed sediments is important for a wide range of applications. © Kammeran Gonzalez-Keola, Pexels.

BGS news

New seabed sediment maps reveal what lies beneath the waves

03/09/2025

Marine ecosystem science and offshore infrastructure will be boosted by a new dataset showing sediment composition across the UK continental shelf.

Fieldwork setting up the Abergavenny geomagnetic repeat station BGS © UKRI.

BGS events

NERC Tech Forum 2025

Event on 03/06/2025

Field team with local guides ready to collect soil samples from the surrounding forest. BGS © UKRI.

BGS blogs

PhD adventures in the Philippines: coring around Lake Bulusan

05/09/2025

Chris Bengt recounts his two-week field trip to Bulusan Volcano Natural Park in the Philippines to collect lake sediment cores, fresh soil and water samples.

BGS news

Meet our scientists at Doors Open Day

23/09/2019

BGS news

Ancient mud helps predict Mediterranean’s wet winters

16/09/2019

BGS news

Hold onto your compass: true north and magnetic north cross at Greenwich for first time in 360 years

30/08/2019

BGS news

A long, hard look underground is required to reach net zero, say experts

29/08/2019

The only way the UK can reach its target of net zero emissions by 2050 is by taking a better look below the surface, say experts from BGS and geologists from across the UK.