Government-backed research finds that vulnerabilities in raw material supply chains must be addressed to secure the critical minerals needed to expand the UK’s digital infrastructure and boost ...

Land subsidence is becoming increasingly visible across Europe. New research examines how better monitoring, shared data and ...

Last summer, I completed a research project in partnership with BGS and the University of Warwick. Based at BGS’s headquarters in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, I worked alongside the UK Critical Minerals ...

Scientists have found evidence of a long-hidden link between an ancient buried ash layer in Scandinavia and a concealed ...

Storage operators, regulators, licensor and government stakeholders are invited to join our roundtable discussion of ...

A research paper investigating how temperate soils respond to drought has been announced as the winner of the Land Best Paper ...

New research by BGS, in collaboration with Durham University and the University of Dundee, shows that the shallow seabed of the North Sea is more geologically complex than typically represented in ...

Natural hydrogen gas is generated through a range of geochemical and biochemical reactions within rock formations. It has recently gained significant attention as a potential clean energy source ...

Ukraine and the UK have reaffirmed their strategic partnership with the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on geological science and resource development. The agreement ...

More than 700 additional geological samples from the vicinity of the ceased Foss Mine near Aberfeldy, Perthshire, are now available for study at the National Geological Repository (NGR), located at ...

The UK is an important producer of a range of minerals that are consumed in many sectors of the economy. Some 172.3 million tonnes of minerals were extracted from the UK landmass for sale in 2024.

The UK Centre for Seabed Mapping (UK CSM), a group of over 30 public sector organisations with a shared commitment to collect and share high-quality marine data, will undertake a seabed mapping survey ...