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Isotopes and science: my student placement at BGS

08/04/2026

Industrial placements at BGS for undergraduate students give real-life experience of working in laboratories and learning different analytical techniques.

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Updated geological assessment of the Southern North Sea set to underpin future offshore infrastructure development

25/03/2026

The first regional assessment for 30 years will support offshore marine and subsurface planning for the UK’s low-carbon energy infrastructure, including the 2030 target of 45 to 50 GW generated through offshore wind.

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PhD adventures in Copenhagen, Denmark: revealing past recovery processes of tropical forest systems through ancient environmental DNA 

12/03/2026

PhD student Chris Bengt visited the University of Copenhagen to carry out very delicate extraction of aeDNA from lake-sediment cores, in the hopes of unlocking the secrets of past volcanic eruptions.

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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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