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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.
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.
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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Geochemistry and ‘sea elephants’
02/11/2018
'Sea elephants' are very tiny swimming snails that are called elephants because they have a type of trunk.
Community water management for a liveable London
02/06/2018
A research consortium including BGS will collaborate with partners and stakeholders within London to address sustainable management of the city's water within the context of required housing growth and the environment.
Risks from fracking to be studied by top UK research team
02/06/2018
A BGS-led research team is setting out to define the combined environmental and health risks over the whole life cycle of shale gas operations in the UK.