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Funding secured to help mitigate ground risk in UK construction sector

05/02/2026

The BGS Common Ground project has been awarded new funding to help unlock the value of ground investigation data.

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Primary science teacher CPD sessions

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Hole-y c*@p! How bat excrement is sculpting Borneo’s hidden caves

23/12/2025

BGS researchers have delved into Borneo’s underworld to learn more about how guano deposited by bats and cave-dwelling birds is shaping the subsurface.

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Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science visits the Lyell Centre

28/05/2019

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The BGS signs Memoranda of Understanding with top Indian research institute

23/05/2019

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BGS delves into Deep Earth at Edinburgh Science Festival

11/04/2019

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The cataclysmic eruption at 18:56 (local time), 22nd Dec 2018, which resulted in the volcanic landslide and tsunami (Andersen, O.L. 2018. Krakatau volcano: Witnessing the eruption, tsunami and the aftermath 22-23th December 2018. Accessed on December 26, 2018. http://www.oysteinlundandersen.com/ krakatau-volcano-witnessing-the-eruption-tsunami-22december2018/
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Child of Krakatoa – why the 2018 eruption caused a tsunami

09/04/2019

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New £15 million national isotope facility for earth and environmental science

27/02/2019

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Lyell Centre Hosts Parliamentarian

27/02/2019

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The information in the Atlas will help develop better water supplies for people across Africa.
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Making African groundwater visible

25/02/2019

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Granite drill cuttings from United Downs borehole (taken at 2140m depth) – chips approx. 2-3mm in size. Photo courtesy of Dr Robin Shail, Camborne School of Mines.
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Cornwall’s granite could hold the key to UK geothermal potential

19/02/2019

Scientists from BGS will investigate the abundant geothermal energy stored in the granites beneath Cornwall.

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