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20 results for "urban geoscience"
![Illustrative figure to show links between the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the urban environment. Over and above SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities), urban centres can help deliver many of the UN SDGs. (Source: UN SDGs and Geological Survey of Norway, NGU.)](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sustainability-16-02559-g002.png)
Delivering a sustainable urban future for Europe through geoscience
Research, led by BGS and EuroGeoSurveys’ Urban Geology Expert Group, explores how urban geoscience is reflected in European urban and environmental policy.
![Scott's Monument, west elevation. © BGS/UKRI](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Scott_monument_thumbnail.jpg)
Building stones spotlight: the Sir Walter Scott Memorial 25 years after its conservation
BGS geologist, Luis Albornoz-Parra, discusses the iconic Edinburgh monument, the building stones used in its construction and the result (so far) of its conservation efforts.
![Monitoring shallow groundwater - ground investigation in Glasgow. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/P1020517-Monitoring-shallow-groundwater-960x645.webp)
The Common Ground project
The Common Ground project aims to enhance the value of GI data for the UK construction and environmental sectors.
![The view down to the Acqua Vergine, a subsurface Roman aqueduct built in 19 BCE. © Tim Kearsey, BGS/UKRI](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/acqua-vergine.jpg)
Building underneath the Colosseum: the importance of urban geology
Tim Kearsey reports on his underground excursion around Rome.
![PhD student Megan Trusler (University of Nottingham) looking pleased to have recovered the first sediment core of the fieldtrip. Photo by Chris Vane. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_0619-1-1.jpg)
Sampling salt marsh sediments: a Thames microplastics fieldtrip
Megan Trusler gives an overview of her PhD project, which studies the role salt marshes play in the accumulation and transport of microplastics.
![Longton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/shutterstock_1222781611-scaled_Stoke_web.jpg)
Soil maps could hold the key for urban planning
Research by BGS has developed a predictive model to evaluate levels of bioaccessible contaminants in urban soils and their relationship with the underlying geology and former industrial land use.
![3D-geoindex-tool-web](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/3D-geoindex-tool-web.jpg)
New tool provides users with free access to geological models for three major UK cities
A new tool providing free user access to 3D geological models has been added to the GeoIndex.
![Megan-Trusler_micro-plastics-Blog-1_photo_web](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Megan-Trusler_micro-plastics-Blog-1_photo_web.jpg)
Stuck in the mud: the long-term accumulation and dispersal of microplastics across urban catchments
Investigating how salt marshes store and interact with plastics and explaining the key processes that control their accumulation and release.