Facilitating a step change in our understanding of geology and our relationship with the underground environment.
Landslides are classified by their type of movement. The four main types of movement are falls, topples, slides and flows.
The BGS geological timechart provides colourful reference material for use in schools, colleges and at home.
A set of simple, practical activities that model seismological processes and activities carried out by seismologists.
A new, seamless, onshore–offshore digital geological map for part of one of the most famous coastlines in the world — the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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.
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