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Geological research in North Sea helping to safeguard subsea cables

06/07/2026

Subsea power and telecommunications cables are critical to the UK’s energy infrastructure and global connectivity, yet they remain vulnerable to damage from ship anchors, fishing activity and natural hazards.

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UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre makes recommendations for the next UK criticality assessment

01/07/2026

CMIC has outlined the enhancements made to the next assessment update to ensure it is better tailored to the structure of the UK economy.

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Strengthening capacity through partnership: a critical minerals perspective

28/04/2026

BGS has been working in partnership with the Geological Survey Department of Zambia (GSD) to build national capacity, improve data accessibility and support long-term, sustainable development.

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Ecuador earthquake disaster response 2016

16/04/2016

The BGS has played a leading role in building an inventory of landslides and advising on the associated hazards following the M7.8 Ecuador earthquake on 16th April 2016.

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Nepal earthquake response 2015

24/04/2015

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Tsunami sediments study and satellite mapping | Japan fieldwork 2011

24/06/2011

BGS scientists visited north-east Japan to study the area devastated by the tsunami caused by the Great Tohoku earthquake of 11 March 2011.

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