The International Geomagnetic Reference Field, used for navigation on mobile phones and in space, is updated every five years.
A new guide to Zambia’s critical minerals highlights the country’s current and potential critical mineral resources, including cobalt and lithium.
For the first time, an economic valuation report has brought into focus the scale of the National Geological Repository’s impact on major infrastructure projects.
Scientists have mapped the geology under the town to better understand the groundwater system to inform decisions around abstraction.
The BGS monitors glaciers and the landscape that surrounds them in a number of ways, such as boreholes, ground penetrating radar and hydrometric monitoring.
Groundwater provides water even during periods of low rainfall. But this resource can become highly stressed if rainfall is reduced in the long-term.
BGS was involved in Technical Co-operation projects in Sumatra with the Indonesian Ministry of Mines and Energy since 1975.
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