Our vision is for a safer, more sustainable and prosperous planet and a future based on sound geoscientific solutions.
The BGS team features a wide range of geoscience specialists. Find out more about our staff, senior management board and the BGS board.
The BGS offers a range of services and information for businesses, home-owners, policymakers and the general public.
Utilising a wide range of environmental agents, equipment and capabilities for groundwater dating and tracing.
We work with partners worldwide to enhance understanding of hazards, vulnerability, exposure and risk to ensure our science is useful, usable and used.
The sample handling team routinely prepares bulk reference materials for a variety of sample matrices for laboratory quality control and proficiency testing.
The BGS was commissioned by the Public Health England to undertake sampling of properties in Cornwall served by private water supplies to assess exposure to arsenic.
The BGS Hydrate and Ices Laboratory is a specialised facility used to study the behaviour of gas hydrates within sediments.
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