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New seabed sediment maps reveal what lies beneath the waves
Marine ecosystem science and offshore infrastructure will be boosted by a new dataset showing sediment composition across the UK continental shelf.
Creswell Crags Museum collections offer insight into the past and future of wolves
Bones found at the site are helping scientists to understand the diet of wolves and how they differ over time.
Hungry like a wolf: new insights from old bones housed in the BGS museum collections
BGS scientists are studying the diets of ancient British wolves and how they adapted to changing environments.
Moving stones: faults, slopes and sediments
Fractured rock along faults affects sediment movement on slopes with implications for the design of infrastructure.
Five places in Yorkshire to assess key geological hazards
A field trip to Yorkshire has helped our data products team improve their output.
Understanding long-term burial of organic carbon deposits
Carbon sequestration is one method of reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, by capturing and storing it, contributing to climate change reduction.
New seabed maps offer a window into the distant past
BGS has begun publishing a new series of high-resolution offshore geological maps showing the distribution of bedrock and sediments that make up the seabed around our coasts.
Climate change and human exploitation linked to historic decline in Atlantic salmon
New research reveals that both a change in climate and human exploitation played a role in a decline in North Atlantic salmon populations.