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New method developed to identify wetland inhabitants
BGS-led research has helped develop a method to identify ancient human and animal wetland inhabitants.
BGS laboratory spotlight: isotopes as recorders of climate and environmental change
How measuring oxygen and carbon isotopes in tiny fossils improves our understanding of past climate.
My experience as an international PhD student visiting BGS
PhD student Vanessa Nowinski describes her experience in the stable isotopes labs at BGS, while working on the famous Lake Suigetsu.
Exploring animal diets in Shakespeare’s London
The ‘Box office bears’ project aims to understand more about the bears that were once a common sight in England. Prof Hannah O’Regan and Dr Lizzie Wright from the University of Nottingham explain what the project entails.
When did the cows come home?
PhD student David Osborne is exploring Bronze Age animal husbandry using isotopes and X-rays.
New lead isoscape map for archaeological provenance studies in Great Britain
A new study aims to determine lead isotope ratios in soil and rock across Great Britain which could inform future archaeological studies about human and animal origins.
BGS receives funding for new system to analyse oxygen isotopes
A major upgrade of BGS's research equipment following investment from NERC will help scientists understand historic changes in climate.
Funding for a new type of mass spectrometer to aid net zero research
This new instrument will be used to characterise the geochemistry of microscopic, solid-rock materials.