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Interactive exhibition highlighting multi-hazard research opens in Indonesia
01/11/2026
The exhibition, part of a collaborative effort co-led by BGS, invites the public to consider how communities adapt to dynamic landscapes shaped by natural hazards.
New research demonstrates stability of phosphate oxygen isotope in lake sediments
29/10/2026
The discovery could boost research into past environmental conditions, tracking nutrient pollution and examining the impacts of freshwater management.
Improving bioaccessibility testing for contaminated soils
15/10/2026
BGS has been trialling a novel bioaccessibility tracing technique to ascertain if it offers more analytical precision over traditional methods of detecting chemicals in contaminated soils.
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A new BGS platform to model volcanic ash in the atmosphere
16/12/2020
BGS has supported the creation of a new modelling platform to aid research workflows around ash dispersion simulation.
Evidence Week 2020
14/12/2020
The UK Geoenergy Observatories team took part in Evidence Week 2020 to talk to parliamentarians about the essential role of geoenergy in the energy mix to meet net zero.
UK’s new underground observatory open for research
07/12/2020
The UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow, which will give scientists an unprecedented look at the subsurface, holds its virtual opening.
Real-time monitoring of faecally contaminated drinking water
04/12/2020
Tryptophan-like fluorescence (TLF) represents an approach to instantaneously assess microbial risks in drinking water.
New maps reveal heat stored in Britain’s abandoned coal mines
01/12/2020
BGS and the Coal Authority have released maps which for the first time, reveal the extent to which heat is stored in Britain’s abandoned coal mines.
Developing new seismic hazard maps for the UK
30/11/2020
Understanding and quantifying the hazard earthquakes pose to the built environment in the UK.
