{"id":21288,"date":"2020-03-06T08:43:04","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T08:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?post_type=research_project&p=21288"},"modified":"2022-10-03T08:00:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T08:00:55","slug":"geomagnetism-science-capability","status":"publish","type":"research_project","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/geomagnetism-science-capability\/","title":{"rendered":"Geomagnetism"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t
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Geomagnetism<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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