Applications range from mineral exploration and waste management, to monitoring active processes within the subsurface, such as the movement of pollutants, or the flow of groundwater in unstable slopes affecting infrastructure.
Project Iceberg aims to address the serious issue of the lack of information about the ground beneath our cities and the un-coordinated way in which the subsurface space is managed.
We are working with partners at the University of Nairobi to undertake a baseline survey of emerging contaminants in two contrasting rivers of Nairobi.
Investigating how salt marshes store and interact with plastics and explaining the key processes that control their accumulation and release.
Investigating human-induced land-use and climate change pressures in agricultural and urban settings, and evaluating nature-based solutions that help communities to adapt to climate change.
BGS took part in British Science Week, a national celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths.
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