The BGS is active across the globe delivering institutional strengthening programmes and applied research projects across a wide variety of sectors.
Find out more about sites of geological interest around the UK, as described by BGS staff.
Our vision is to deliver new research, underpinning datasets and capacity building via three research platforms working across 13 countries.
Radyr Stone was produced from a number of quarries in Cardiff. Take a geological walk to see a quarry and spot the stone's use in the city.
Assessing geological hazard information to improve detection and forecasting of geo-hazards and build on current disaster risk management practices.
The Inorganic Geochemistry Facility provides high-quality analytical expertise and specialist services for the production and geochemical interpretation of inorganic data.
Earthquakes are among the most deadly natural hazards. They strike without warning and many earthquake zones coincide with areas of high population density.
Sinkholes are hollows that are the result of some kind of collapse of an underlying layer of rock.
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