Partial collapse of a house in Ripon, Yorkshire, in 2014 was due to the formation of a sinkhole resulting from the dissolution of thick gypsum deposits beneath the area.
The BGS Property Subsidence Assessment dataset provides insurers and homeowners with tools to better understand shrink–swell and the risk it poses to homes and businesses.
BGS and local community volunteers join together to plant 12 000 spring bulbs and help native wildlife to thrive.
We are working with Kenyan researchers to improve our understanding of the links between environment and health, strengthening our combined research.
Wet and dry sample storage, preparation and standard and non-standard geotechnical and geophysical property testing.
Providing a realistic, defensible and fully auditable estimate of the storage capacity of geological formations below the UK’s coastal waters assists in the licensing of CO2 storage sites.
BGS Geodesy and Earth Observation provides satellite imagery and expertise that is used to determine the effects of disaster events.
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