The exhibition, part of a collaborative effort co-led by BGS, invites the public to consider how communities adapt to dynamic ...

Geological samples recovered from the UK’s first giant oil field in the 1970s continue to inform industry and researchers ...

BGS has secured Bronze accreditation under the Advance HE Race Equality Charter framework, recognising its commitment to ...

The BGS Superficial Deposit Thickness Model (SDTM) dataset presents the modelled regional variation in thickness of superficial and unconsolidated deposits across Great Britain. These include ...

During the summer of 2022 concern for water resources has focused on heatwaves and the lack of rainfall. These factors combine to cause low flows in rivers, low stocks in reservoirs and increased ...

The deepest parts of our oceans, the region between 6000 and 11 0000 m depth, is known as the hadal zone, and it represents some of the most active and diverse marine habitat on Earth. Many studies of ...

The BGS office in Edinburgh is located on the western edge of the city. Visible from the office windows is the prominent hill of Arthur’s Seat, standing proudly on the Edinburgh skyline. The form of ...

2026 marks 50 years since BGS, the world's oldest national geological survey, relocated to the site of our current headquarters, just outside Nottingham. BGS has been trialling a novel ...

The datasets below are made available as Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) web map services (WMS). They can also be accessed by websites that use a map-based interface to connect to WMS, allowing data ...

This dataset is suitable for those involved in the planning and design of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) and for those who approve SuDS planning applications within local authorities. This ...

London Earth is the systematic, high-density, geochemical soil dataset of the Greater London Area (GLA) aiming to give insight into the environmental impacts of urbanisation and industrialisation as ...

Hundreds of thousands of mariners, airline operators and North Pole-based gift distribution specialists will be rushing to update their navigation systems after the launch of a new model tracking ...