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Delving deep into mountains for future water security
A BGS-led project is using new water-tracing investigation methods, geophysics and modelling to understand how water moves from mountains to the lowlands, helping to improve water security for billions of people.
BGS engineering geologist elected to CCOP
Marcus Dobbs has been elected as vice-chair of the advisory group for the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia.
Hole-y c*@p! How bat excrement is sculpting Borneo’s hidden caves
BGS researchers have delved into Borneo’s underworld to learn more about how guano deposited by bats and cave-dwelling birds is shaping the subsurface.
BGS awarded funding to support Malaysia’s climate resilience plan
The project, funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, will focus on minimising economic and social impacts from rainfall-induced landslides.
New research highlights significant earthquake potential in Indonesia’s capital city
Research reveals that a fault cutting through the subsurface of Jakarta could generate a damaging earthquake of high magnitude.
PhD adventures in the Philippines: coring around Lake Bulusan
Chris Bengt recounts his two-week field trip to Bulusan Volcano Natural Park in the Philippines to collect lake sediment cores, fresh soil and water samples.
Kamchatka earthquake highlights the advances in tsunami early warning systems
The response to the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Russia has emphasised how far scientific understanding of tsunamis has come over the last two decades, and the improved mitigation measures that are now in place.
BGS hosts India for ‘deep dive’ on carbon capture and storage
Some of India’s top scientists visited BGS to explore the UK’s carbon dioxide storage research potential.