Major transport projects create and utilise excavated materials to create underpinning infrastructure (in the form of tunnels, cuttings and embankments).
Recently there has been a trend towards the collection of ever-more quantitative data, as exemplified by the Tellus projects.
Groundwater flooding accounts for an estimated £530 million in damages per year; geoscientific data can help to minimise its impact.
This product has now been superseded by the GeoClimate Shrink-swell dataset.
In November 2021, the UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. The BGS will demonstrate where UK geoscience can assist emerging climate action.
BGS has a long history of assisting relief efforts by providing satellite maps, data and interpretation to those affected by disasters, helping to identify hazardous areas to avoid.
How much of an issue are coastal vulnerabilities and what do we need to consider to increase our resilience to future events?
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