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![Landslide aftermath. © Timo Volz, Unsplash](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/landslide-aftermath-timo-volz-unsplash.webp)
Studying multi-hazards from space
A new European Space Agency-funded project will study the effect earthquakes have on occurrences of other natural hazards in the long-term.
![Coastal Erosion at Skipsea on the East Yorkshire Coast. © Matthew J Thomas / iStockphoto](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/iStock-1299945115_Holderness_Coast.jpg)
Spotlight on BGS coastal erosion data
BGS GeoCoast data can support researchers and practitioners facing coastal erosion adaptation challenges along our coastline.
![St Andrew's House, Edinburgh, Scotland. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/st-andrews-house-edinburgh-p1038355.webp)
BGS scientist announced as Scottish Government policy fellow
BGS geohazard scientist Roxana Ciurean has been named amongst new policy fellows for the Scottish Government.
![Vincent van Zalinge. Unsplash License.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/vincent-van-zalinge-GvSLkDH7XdI-unsplash.webp)
Burrow-detecting devices could protect flood defences
BGS scientists have trialled a new way of detecting animal burrows in clay flood embankments.
![The Codleteth Burn catchment with its outlet fan system and recent debris flow deposits near Talla Linfoots. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/P1038346-scaled-1-960x640.jpg)
Moving stones: faults, slopes and sediments
Fractured rock along faults affects sediment movement on slopes with implications for the design of infrastructure.
![Landslide in Seatown, Dorset. © James Loveridge](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/landslide-in-seatown-dorset.webp)
BGS receives award at the World Landslide Forum 2023
BGS's landslide team has been designated a World Centre of Excellence on landslide risk reduction by the International Consortium on Landslides.
![Monitoring storm water runoff in the catchment using autosamplers to gather information on the isotopic and chemical composition of the river waters, and how this changes across the catchment depending on land use. © Leo Peskett / Heriot Watt](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/P1038306.webp)
Natural flood management: is geology more important than trees?
Looking at innovative ways of creating resilience to flooding hazards with natural flood management.
![Postgraduate students from the University for Development Studies, Ghana, learning about instrumentation and hydrology. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG-20230515-WA0000.webp)
TerraFIRMA
TerraFIRMA is a five-year, NERC-funded, Multi-Centre National Capability (MCNC) UKRI award running from April 2022 to March 2027