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Join our consortium – de-risking underground thermal energy storage

25/08/2025

BGS is inviting interested parties to investigate how site-scale geological data can be used to optimise thermal storage scheme performance.

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Dr Kathryn Goodenough appointed as honorary professor by the University of Aberdeen

25/08/2025

Dr Goodenough will take up the position within the School of Geosciences with a focus on critical minerals and the energy transition.

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Fieldwork setting up the Abergavenny geomagnetic repeat station BGS © UKRI.
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NERC Tech Forum 2025

Event on 03/06/2025

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Gemini: a new stable isotope tool

21/08/2025

BGS’s Stable Isotope Facility has new mass spectrometer equipment for analysing carbon and oxygen isotopes from carbonates and water.

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Brighid Ó Dochartaigh, recipient of the Younger Medal by the Geological Society.
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Brighid Ó Dochartaigh honoured with prestigious Geological Society award

27/11/2024

A recently retired BGS employee has been honoured for her contribution to the hydrogeological community.

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Private photo taken of Lagoon at Rutland Water.
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Studying oxygen isotopes in sediments from Rutland Water Nature Reserve

20/11/2024

Chris Bengt visited Rutland Water as part of a project to determine human impact and environmental change in lake sediments.

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Criticality Assessment 2024 launch webinar

Event on 28/11/2024

A special live webinar with the team from the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre to accompany the launch the latest UK Criticality Assessment. A recording is now available to watch online

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Aerial view of Tantallon Castle, with its distinctive red sandstone curtain wall. © Historic Environment Scotland.
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How can Scotland re-establish its building stone industry?

14/11/2024

British Geological Survey research, commissioned by Historic Environment Scotland, reveals an opportunity to re-establish the Scottish building stone market in order to maintain the country’s historic buildings.

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Team photo of the Inorganic Geochemistry Facility. BGS@ UKRI.
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Celebrating 25 years of technical excellence at the BGS Inorganic Geochemistry Facility 

08/11/2024

The ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation is evidence of technical excellence and reliability, and a mark of quality assurance.

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A wooden bridge crosses the Naboay river, Panay Philippines. Andrew Barkwith, BGS © UKRI.
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UK–Philippine partnership to help tackle the challenges of future water security in the Philippines

07/11/2024

New ‘hydrological hub’ to foster research and provide essential national water management datasets and tools.

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Oita calligraphy. BGS © UKRI. 
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Electromagnetic geophysics in Japan: a conference experience

23/10/2024

Juliane Huebert took in the fascinating sights of Beppu, Japan, while at a geophysics conference that uses electromagnetic fields to look deep into the Earth and beyond.

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Next stage of funding awarded for project on hydrogen storage potential in the East Midlands

17/10/2024

BGS will conduct essential studies on hydrogen behaviour in the subsurface to predict, measure and monitor underground hydrogen storage.

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