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BGS strengthens scientific links with Icelandic partners through Research and Innovation Scotland initiative

06/08/2026

BGS researchers recently visited Iceland as part of a project developing international partnerships and identifying opportunities for future collaborative research.

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New NERC-funded project empowers young people to engage with environmental science

23/07/2026

BGS is part of a new, collaborative project, funded through NERC’s ‘Opening up the environment’ programme, helping the environmental research community become more accessible.

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Truncated drumlins offshore the Ayrshire coast, approximately between Girvan and Lendalfoot. The MBES bathymetry data in this figure were collected for the UK's Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP), managed by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency's (MCA) and delivered in partnership with the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO). The onshore DEM is NEXTMap Britain elevation data provided courtesy of Intermap Technologies..
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Coastal retreat in the past: the legacy of truncated drumlins

07/08/2026

The UK coasts have been responding to changing sea levels for thousands of years, and some of the best evidence of those changes now lies hidden beneath the waves.

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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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