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Damage caused in Thailand by the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004. BGS © UKRI.
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Twenty years on: the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

26/12/2024

Boxing Day 2024 marks 20 years since the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Prof David Tappin reflects on the disaster and discusses what we have learnt since 2004.

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Magnetic declination (the angle between magnetic and geographic north) in 2025 according to WMM2025. Red is magnetic north to east of geographic north; blue is to west. BGS © UKRI and © Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith (1996), A global, self-consistent, hierarchical, high-resolution shoreline database, J. Geophys. Res., 101(B4), 8741–8743, doi:10.1029/96JB00104 (v2.3.6)
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Airlines, shipping companies and sleigh drivers rush to update crucial navigation systems ahead of Christmas rush

17/12/2024

Release of major upgrade to a new model tracking magnetic north prompts global reset of satellite tracking systems across trade and passenger transport routes.

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Loading samples into the small carbonates mass spectrometer at the BGS Stable Isotope Facility. BGS © UKRI.
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Carbon and oxygen isotope analysis of carbonates and the development of new reference materials

18/12/2024

Dr Charlotte Hipkiss and Kotryna Savickaite explore the importance of standard analysis when testing carbon and oxygen samples.

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Pyroclastic density current deposits from the 18 May 1980 eruption exposed along drainages in the pumice plain. BGS © UKRI
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In photos: a volcanic field trip

31/08/2023

Volcanologist Samantha Engwell visited the Cascades in the United States to learn more about the 1980 Mount St Helens volcanic eruption.

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Recording pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, and temperature of groundwater
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Understanding Nottinghamshire’s groundwater microbial ecosystems

24/08/2023

PhD student Archita Bhattacharyya is undertaking a project focused on exploring the ecosystem of microorganisms in groundwater of England.

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‘Core blimey!’ A PhD fieldwork trip to India

22/08/2023

PhD student Hamish Duncalf-Youngson recently visited Manipur, India, to assess the effects of aquaculture, environmental change and pollution at this internationally important site.

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Midlands Innovation TALENT placement at BGS

15/08/2023

Jodie Brown revisits her time at BGS’s Stable Isotope Facility as part of the Midlands Innovation TALENT project, which aims to increase the status of technicians.

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The team at bluedot. BGS © UKRI.
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bluedot 2023: the importance of geological outreach

10/08/2023

Staff members from various disciplines across BGS worked over the weekend to engage festivalgoers with BGS’s work, specifically critical raw materials.

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3D scan that Patrick created of the fossil Plesiechinus, a species of Echinoid. BGS © UKRI.
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Boreholes aren’t boring!

31/07/2023

Work experience student Patrick visited BGS to learn more about being a professional rock lover.

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Vanessa in the stable isotopes lab at the British Geological Survey. BGS © UKRI.
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My experience as an international PhD student visiting BGS

17/07/2023

PhD student Vanessa Nowinski describes her experience in the stable isotopes labs at BGS, while working on the famous Lake Suigetsu.

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Sand mining settlement pond Malaysia. BGS © UKRI.
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Living in a world made of sand

17/07/2023

Tom Bide and Clive Mitchell outline the BGS Sand and Sustainability project, which is working on geoscience-led solutions for the global issue of sand mining.

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