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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.

Climate change and human migration out of Africa

An international team of scientists have shown how climate change could have enabled the migration of Homo sapiens around 60 000 years ago.

Britain’s ancient valleys now uncovered