For the UK to reach its ambitious target of storing 170 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year by 2050, it will need to look beyond the current well-studied geographical areas.
The British Geological Survey (BGS) has one of the largest databases in the world on the production and trade of minerals.
Our intention is to balance the safe retention and control of national geoscience databases and geological information, with the need to release information openly.
The Rock Mechanics and Physics Laboratory researches the properties and behaviour of rocks and geomaterials at near-surface to shallow crustal depth.
A short history of the Geological Survey of England and Wales.
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