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Map of BGS BritPits showing the distribution of worked mineral commodities across the country

18/02/2026

BGS’s data scientists have generated a summary map of the most commonly extracted mineral commodities by local authority area, demonstrating the diverse nature of British mineral resources.

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Funding awarded to map the stocks and flows of technology metals in everyday electronic devices

12/02/2026

A new BGS project has been awarded Circular Electricals funding from Material Focus to investigate the use of technology metals in everyday electrical items.

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Primary science teacher CPD sessions

Event on 04/03/2026

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MARC Conference 2025: highlighting the importance of conferences to PhD students

16/02/2026

BGS and University of Nottingham PhD student Paulina Baranowska shares her experience presenting her research on nuclear forensics at her first international conference.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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