Current activities

Energy

• BritGeothermal | November 2012

Groundwater science

• The end of the drought? | May 2012
• The 2012 drought and groundwater levels

Marine geoscience

• Windermere: lake environment and glacial history

Natural hazards

• The Million Death Quake
• Scott's South Pole scientific legacy | Observing the Earth's magnetic field
• Shrink swell and climate change
• Space Weather Alert | 7 March 2012

Natural resources

• Gold, silver and bronze– Where do these metals come from?
• National programme of geochemical mapping and training in Nigeria

Climate change and environment

• April 2011 fieldwork | Virkisjökull Earth Observatory, Iceland

Geology and landscape

• Glacial sediments under the microscope
• BBC Men of rock | The science behind the scenes
• BGS iGeology Voted Best App
• Structure and evolution of the East Midlands region of the Pennine Basin
• Surveying the Loch Lomond 'canyon' — a new navigation chart

Groundwater Science

• Will there be a drought in 2011?

Natural resources

• Geothermal paper | The measured shallow temperature field in Britain
• Metals, Mines & Mobiles (REE Risk List 2011)
• BGS joins pan European 'CGS Europe'
• Scotland's potential for North Sea carbon storage endorsed by major report
• The Southern Permian Basin Atlas (SPBA)
• Universities and Science Minister visits BGS Edinburgh | 10/02/2011

Natural hazards

• Landslide | Hell's Mouth, Cornwall | September 2011
• Tsunami or meteotsunami? | South West England | June 2011
• Magnetic observatory installation | South Atlantic Blog 2011
• Tsunami sediments study and satellite mapping | Japan fieldwork 2011

Climate change and environment

• Glacier monitoring: BGS observatory at Virkisjökull, Iceland
• Eocene sand horizons & iron contamination mapping | Thames Basin streams
• Great Barrier Reef Environmental Changes Expedition
• Iceland's glaciers are shrinking fast
• Rare Viking burials found on the 'Olympic Highway' Dorset

Engineering and land use

• Time-series monitoring for river flood alleviation in the Tweed Catchment

Geology and landscape

• 300 million-year-old whale food found trapped in oil | Copepods in Oman
• Bronze Age Mediterraneans may have visited Stonehenge
• Engaging with geodiversity — why it matters | 2010 Conference report
• Geological mapping in the United Arab Emirates
• Getting to the bottom of Scotland's fjords
• Iceland and the British Isles: the volcanic connections
• New discovery of deep-water coral reefs in UK waters
• Scotland and the West Highland Way join the International Appalachian Trail
• Submerged landscapes | Underwater survey of Loch Eriboll, Scotland

Natural hazards

• A new 'Model of the Earth's Magnetic Environment' (MEME)
• Fault-Line Living expedition
• Long-term monitoring of the Earth's magnetic field
• South Atlantic Anomaly and South Georgia Magnetic Observatory

Natural resources

• CCS workshop for NGOs | 2010
• Conserving Robert Burns | Historic stone matching
• Geological mapping to promote Malawi's mineral potential
• Groundwater resilience to climate change in Africa
• Nigerian geochemical mapping workshop
• North-west England drought 2010 | BGS groundwater data
• Oil hopes dashed
• Peak metal: Scarcity of supply or scare story?
• Rare earth elements: a beginner's guide from the BGS
• Rock salt:an essential mineral keeps the country moving
• Storing carbon dioxide beneath the Moray Firth explored

Technologies and information

• Creating 'Virtual Seismometers' deep inside the Earth
• Geology of Mars
• Geoscience information products collaborative research

Geology and landscape

• Deep beneath the Highlands | Eilrig Shear Zone
• High resolution mapping the Isle of Wight, 2008–2010

Natural resources

• The science behind Falklands oil exploration