The distinctive, warm honey-coloured building stone known as Hamstone, quarried from Ham Hill in Somerset, has a long history of use dating back as far as Roman times.
Join us on 8 June 2024 to explore volcanoes and earthquakes, soils and aquifers, the sea, the sky and everything in between!
Rates and conditions for accessing our borehole and well core sample collections.
The Lambeth Group was deposited in the Palaeogene and underlies much of the city of London.
Gases in the Earth's atmosphere act as an insulating blanket around the planet, trapping more of the Sun’s heat.
Geological records demonstrate that there have been a number of large variations in Earth’s climate in the past.
Energy Act 2016 regulations require operators working on the UK continental shelf to deposit representative samples of core and cuttings at the NGR. Collection images can be viewed using the hydrocarbon wells samples database.
Carbon capture and storage involves capturing carbon dioxide at emission sources, such as power stations, then transporting and storing it underground.
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