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![Sophia and Job at BGS conducting specialist analysis of Pu in soils.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Job_Sophia_Lab_T-Barlow_thumbnail.jpg)
Harnessing global collaboration: UK/Kenya partnership in soil erosion research
Collaboration between scientists is vital in today's interconnected world to further scientific progress. In environmental research, issues such as soil erosion demand collaboration on an international scale.
![Chris Bengt, PhD Student, in Stable Isotope Lab, Keyworth. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/chris-bengt-p1038345.webp)
Understanding nutrients in tropical rainforests
Christopher Bengt talks about carrying out research for his PhD amongst the rainforests and volcanoes of the Philippines.
![Gold mining activities (milled ore washing and sluicing) and community drinking water downslope of ASGM activities. © Maureene Auma Ondayo.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/gold-mining-activities-sluicing-p1038343-960x645.webp)
Linking geochemistry and health in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in the Kakamega-Vihiga gold belt, Kenya
PhD candidate Maureene Auma Ondayo is investigating major and trace element exposure in the environment in Kenya, aiming to reduce exposure of humans to toxic chemicals.
![Sophia Dowell, PhD student at BGS, conducting her research in Kenya. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/sophia-dowell.webp)
The optimisation of plutonium separation
BGS research leads to advancements in the detection of plutonium and ultimately the determination of soil erosion rates in tropical soils.
![Recording pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, and temperature of groundwater](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Groundwater_testing.jpg)
Understanding Nottinghamshire’s groundwater microbial ecosystems
PhD student Archita Bhattacharyya is undertaking a project focused on exploring the ecosystem of microorganisms in groundwater of England.
![The coast on the surface of the river is covered with a pellicle of blue-green algae](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/iStock-1272284836-960x640.jpg)
How does public water use influence the amount of phosphorus in the environment?
New research looks at how phosphorus accumulates in public water systems in the USA.
![A white house and an outbuilding with piles of dark grey tephra around them](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/tephra-tacande-sara-osman.jpg)
Building surveys in La Palma during the 2021 volcanic eruption
In December 2021, BGS BUFI student Sara Osman visited La Palma in the Canary Islands to assess buildings damaged during the Cumbre Vieja volcanic eruption. In this blog, she talks about her experiences on the island.
![A motor showing copper wires inside it](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Stator_Winding_of_a_BLDC_Motor.jpg)
Insights into the ‘missing link’ of how copper ore deposits form
Porphyry deposits provide around 75 per cent of the world’s copper, which is in increasing demand as a major raw material in power infrastructure and green technologies.