Investigating geothermal energy — energy stored in the form of heat beneath the surface of the solid Earth.
Accessing maps and downloading data, scans, photos and other information via BGS's free OpenGeoscience service.
BGS Business Development help identify and access funding, through commissioned research projects, partnerships, research grants, data licensing, and products royalties.
Facilitating a step change in our understanding of geology and our relationship with the underground environment.
Addressing issues related to the sustainability of water resources and quality, and the effects of environmental change on the water cycle, natural hazards, and human health.
Temperature rises can affect agriculture, sea levels and the frequency of extreme weather incidents. We can study past climate change by looking at the evidence in rocks, fossils and changes in the landscape.
Decarbonisation of power production, heat, transport and industry is a major challenge and one that intrinsically involves geoscience.
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