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Gower Peninsula, South Wales (P663757). BGS © UKRI
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Extended seabed geology map of the Bristol Channel published

07/10/2025

BGS has released significantly extended high-resolution maps that will support offshore green-energy initiatives in the area.

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Angela Lamb. BGS © UKRI.
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Dr Angela Lamb appointed as honorary professor by the University of Nottingham

02/10/2025

Dr Lamb will take up the position of honorary professor of environmental geochemistry, with a focus on collaborative research.

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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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Esthwaite Water looking beautiful in early summer sunshine. UKCEH and its partners have been sampling and monitoring many of the lakes in the English Lake District, including Esthwaite Water, for several decades. BGS © UKRI.
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Esthwaite Water: applying novel approaches to understand lake-water nutrient pollution

19/09/2025

Andi Smith (BGS) and Savannah Worne (Loughborough University) embarked on fieldwork in the Lake District, applying a novel stable isotope method for tracing phosphorus sources.

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Coastal erosion at Mappleton, south of Bridlington, East Yorkshire coast. BGS © UKRI.
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What does the next generation of coastal environmental models look like?

15/04/2025

A new tool is now available that has been designed to help coastal engineers and practitioners better manage the compound risk of coastal erosion and flooding.

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BGS scientists using the Keyworth immersive 3D visualisation facility
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Celebrating 20 years of virtual reality innovation at BGS

08/04/2025

Twenty years after its installation, BGS Visualisation Systems lead Bruce Napier reflects on our cutting-edge virtual reality suite and looks forward to new possibilities.

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Underground hydrogen storage is a promising solution for large-scale, long-duration energy storage. This image shows four potential methods of storing hydrogen: lined rock caverns; salt caverns; saline aquifers, and depleted gas fields. The inset highlights the storage mechanism in saline aquifers and depleted gas fields, where hydrogen is stored within the rock’s pore spaces. BGS © UKRI 2025.
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Making the case for underground hydrogen storage in the UK

03/04/2025

A new BGS science briefing note focuses on the potential of hydrogen storage to support the UK energy transition.

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Extraction of Fuller's Earth from Steetley Minerals Fuller's Earth Quarry, Woburn Sands, Bedfordshire. BGS © UKRI
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New data reveals latest mineral workings around Great Britain and Northern Ireland

01/04/2025

The newest release of BGS BritPits provides information on an additional 6500 surface and underground mineral workings.

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Section of the BGS 1:50 000 Geomorphology map of the seabed around Ascension Island. BGS © UKRI. © Crown Copyright and/or database rights. Reproduced by permission of The Keeper of Public Records and the UK Hydrographic Office
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New seabed geology maps to enable long term conservation around Ascension Island

01/04/2025

BGS deliver the first marine geology and habitat maps for one of the world’s largest marine protected areas.

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Geophysical instrumentation being carried up to Cairn Lochan (1216 m altitude) by the field team Photo credit: Innes Hamilton.
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Exploring Scotland’s hidden energy potential with geology and geophysics: fieldwork in the Cairngorms 

31/03/2025

BUFI student Innes Campbell discusses his research on Scotland’s radiothermal granites and how a fieldtrip with BGS helped further explore the subject.

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Nodule-covered seafloor in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone visited during the SMARTEX project. © NERC, SMARTEX Project, Isis ROV.
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New study reveals long-term effects of deep-sea mining and first signs of biological recovery

27/03/2025

BGS geologists were involved in new study revealing the long-term effects of seabed mining tracks, 44 years after deep-sea trials in the Pacific Ocean.

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Maggy Heintz. © Maggy Heintz 2025.
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BGS announces new director of its international geoscience programme

17/03/2025

Experienced international development research leader joins the organisation.

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