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BGS blogs
10 years on: the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
11/03/2021
In remembrance, Prof David Tappin discusses the importance of tsunami anniversaries
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BGS blogs
A new BGS platform to model volcanic ash in the atmosphere
16/12/2020
BGS has supported the creation of a new modelling platform to aid research workflows around ash dispersion simulation.
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Research highlight
An exciting new development in soil phosphate oxygen isotope analysis
03/06/2017
Phosphorus is a key nutrient for all life, critical for the development of cells and the functioning of DNA and RNA.