Our research aims to improve city resilience by integrating geology into urban subsurface planning and urban-catchment science in India and south-east Asia
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.
METEOR is a three-year project led by the BGS aiming to apply Earth observation to improve understanding of risk exposure, hazards and vulnerability.
A multi-skilled responsive team of BGS scientists investigated a sinkhole in Ripon, Yorkshire, in November 2016.
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.
BGS has developed a suite of products, including maps and data, which show potential change in subsidence due to UKCP climate change scenarios
The geological properties of bedrock and superficial deposits that make up riverbeds and banks are fundamental controls on the susceptibility of any given river reach to scouring.
How can we make this section better?*
Please select a reason*
