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Join our consortium – de-risking underground thermal energy storage
25/08/2025
BGS is inviting interested parties to investigate how site-scale geological data can be used to optimise thermal storage scheme performance.
Dr Kathryn Goodenough appointed as honorary professor by the University of Aberdeen
25/08/2025
Dr Goodenough will take up the position within the School of Geosciences with a focus on critical minerals and the energy transition.
Gemini: a new stable isotope tool
21/08/2025
BGS’s Stable Isotope Facility has new mass spectrometer equipment for analysing carbon and oxygen isotopes from carbonates and water.
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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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.