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New UK/Chile partnership prioritises sustainable practices around critical raw materials
09/02/2026
BGS and Chile’s Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería have signed a bilateral scientific partnership to support research into critical raw materials and sustainable practices.
Extensive freshened water confirmed beneath the ocean floor off the coast of New England for the first time
09/02/2026
BGS is part of the international team that has discovered the first detailed evidence of long-suspected, hidden, freshwater aquifers.
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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Lyell Centre opens its doors for a special virtual weekend
25/09/2020
Members of the public will get a rare chance to take a look behind the scenes of the Lyell Centre later this month.
Scientists identify hidden landslides beneath Scottish lochs
26/06/2020
Survey data shows five locations around the Scottish coast are subject to underwater landslides.
