Groundwater: how BGS is helping to make the invisible visible
Take a walk from Edale to Kinder Scout in the Peak District of Derbyshire, the highest point in the East Midlands.
Great Britain has over 250 000 documented mining sites and the underground voids resulting from past mining activity pose a possible hazard. Knowledge of the distribution of former mining areas will help us to plan for future development and ongoing maintenance.
The walkway of eight trees has been planted in the grounds of BGS headquarters in Keyworth to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years on the throne.
BGS scientists Clive Mitchell (industrial minerals geologist) and Elliott Hamilton (environmental chemist) report on their recent visit to the Copperbelt Province in Zambia.
BGS is the latest UK Government organisation to join the newly unveiled UK Centre for Seabed Mapping, helping to boost marine data and mapping standards.
BGS and partners are trialling a new social media tool that detects worldwide landslides in real time.
The UK’s biggest and most prestigious bike race would not be what it is today, without a nod to the humble rock.
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