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Arclid Quarry in Bathgate, which produces industrial sand. BGS © UKRI.
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UK Minerals Yearbook 2024 released

21/05/2025

The annual publication provides essential information about the production, consumption and trade of UK minerals up to 2024.

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BGS scientists join international expedition off the coast of New England

20/05/2025

Latest IODP research project investigates freshened water under the ocean floor.

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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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An exciting new development in soil phosphate oxygen isotope analysis

03/06/2017

Phosphorus is a key nutrient for all life, critical for the development of cells and the functioning of DNA and RNA.

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Investigating climate and environmental change in eastern Australia

02/06/2017

Climate change in Australia could lead to environmental and economic impacts on water security, agriculture, coastal communities and infrastructure.

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BGS wins impact award

02/06/2017

The GeoAnalytics and modelling (GAM) directorate have won Team of the Year at the PraxisUnico Impact Awards 2017!

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Environmental contamination from mine tailings in Africa

02/06/2017

BGS scientists helped with experimental trials to investigate the influence of soil management strategies, on metal uptake of soils.

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Deploying and servicing a seismic network in Central Italy

02/06/2017

BGS seismologists are using the seismicity that is hitting Central Italy to analyse the triggering and evolution of an earthquake sequence.

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GeoSciML data standard becomes official

15/03/2017

The OGC GeoSciML Standard defines a model and the encoding for geological features commonly described and portrayed in geological maps, cross sections, geological reports and databases.

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