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European COâ‚‚ Storage Atlas launch event in Brussels, May 2025, with BGS Ceri Vincent as panellist on the far right alongside four colleagues to the left and a speaker standing at a podium. There is a collection of audience members sitting on seats at the bottom of the image.
A pebbly beach at Sidmouth with cliffs in the background. The sea is to the left of the image.
Map extract of the BGS SDTM observation driven model showing modelled superficial deposit thickness. The colours range from light lime green to dark purple the thicker the deposit gets.
The project team of a recent visit to the study basin in central Taiwan. The team stand around an open borehole casing on a grassy area. In the background is a building with trees growing against it. The team (14 people) look towards the camera and smile.
Two geologists in a field mapping groundwater levels. They are in PPE and it looks to be very wet, so they are wearing waterproof covers over their backpacks.
Aerial view of the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Cheshire. BGS © UKRI.
Relief map and location of the Tweed catchment and its location in the UK. Contains OS Data © Crown Copyright and dataset right 2025. Contains data from OS Zoomstack. BGS © UKRI.
Illustration of subsea cable lying along the sea floor. © imaginima / iStockPhoto.com
An image of the Green Man main stage, with festival goers looking towards the act playing. To the left is a large GREEN MAN sign. In the background are rolling hills. The sky is very blue.
A hand-drawn image of a beach scene with cliffs to the right and a beach and small village to the left. There are various hazards to spot including a landslide and someone standing too close to the cliff edge.
A quote graphic, which has a picture of Alison Steven, Data Operations and Governance Lead at the NGDC at BGS, who the quote is attributed to. The quote reads: The renewed impact of the MEIGA archive demonstrates exactly why long term stewardship of geoscience data matters. Funding the systematic scanning of these legacy collections is essential not only to safeguard the record, but also to ensure that insights captured decades ago can actively inform modern exploration, reduce duplication of effort and unlock new scientific and economic opportunities. The BGS and UKRI logos are top left of the image.
A seismic alert graphic on a blue background. A gold s wave runs horizontally across the centre of the graphic, with the squiggles mid-right. Top left it says 'seismic activity' in white and 'alert' in gold. The BGS logo is top right.
Two stacks of photovoltaic panels on crates.
Distribution of sites in the second digital release of the geothermal catalogue. The added sites are in pink; sites previously released in version 1 are in blue. Contains OS and OSNI data © Crown Copyright and database right 2026. Contains BGS data © BGS, UKRI (2026) all rights reserved.
A picture of the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.
BGS' Maggy Heintz gives a speech to delegates at the signing. Behind her is a large portrait, to the right the UK and Ukraine flags.
A seismic alert graphic, with a gold S wave moving across the centre of the image from left to right. The graphic says 'seismic activity alert'. The BGS logo is top right and the background colour of the image is dark blue.
A graphic which says 'primary teacher CPD, plate tectonics, volacanoes and earthquakes with the British Geological Survey'. To the right are images of a volcano, a broken road, a plate boundary and a seismic wave graph.
The team at Redcar Kite Festival chatting to the public. There is a large dinosaur in the background, and a map attached tot he floor. Green vines hang over the scene.
A seismic alert graphic, with a gold S wave moving across the centre of the image from left to right. The graphic says 'seismic activity alert'. The BGS logo is top right and the background colour of the image is dark blue.
A pair of hands hold a sample from Foss mine. Further bagged samples lie in a cardboard box below.
A graphic which says 'Scottish Geology Festival 2026'. To the left is a picture of Edinburgh castle. It shows three events: a guided walk: Arthur's Seat on 8 June, 1 to 3:30PM at Holyrood Park / Scotland's Fossil Story 12 June, 12 to 5PM at BGS offices, the Lyell Centre / Volcanoes of the Seven Hills, 17 June 2 to 5PM, BGS offices, the Lyell Centre. The background is blue.
A geomagnetic activity alert, which has a stylised aurora and stars across the right hand side of the image. To the top right is the BGS logo, to the left it says 'geomagnetic activity' in white and 'alert' in gold. The graphic itself is blue.
World Mineral Production 2020 to 2024. BGS © UKRI.
A graphic promoting the BGS GeoClimate launch webinar on June 2 from 2PM. To the right is a screengrab from the GeoClimate dataset. Top left is the BGS logo.
Sibanye-Stillwater's East Boulder mine at the US PGM operations in Montana, USA. Copyright © 2026 Sibanye-Stillwater Limited
A large yellow digger extracting sand in a tropical environment. Behind the sand you can see palm trees and shrubbery.
The Ggaba landing site for boats on the banks of Lake Victoria, Uganda. © Reinout Dujardin, Pixabay. There are many boats around the landing, and to the right you can see a group of people watching the boats come in and out of the small bay. Fishers can be seen on the shore at the front of the image.
A geologist kneels in front of Berwick Bridge, inspecting the soil next to the river.
A seismic alert graphic, with a gold S wave moving across the centre of the image from left to right. The graphic says 'seismic activity alert'. The BGS logo is top right and the background colour of the image is dark blue.
Son River, India. Workers unloading sand shipments onto trucks for storage on land and sale to local construction companies. Extraction has been fuelled by the construction boom in the nearby New Delhi metropolitan area. © Mathias Depardon.
A seismic alert graphic, with a gold S wave moving across the centre of the image from left to right. The graphic says 'seismic activity alert'. The BGS logo is top right and the background colour of the image is dark blue.
A seismic alert graphic, with a gold S wave moving across the centre of the image from left to right. The graphic says 'seismic activity alert'. The BGS logo is top right and the background colour of the image is dark blue.
A seismic alert with a gold S wave running across a blue background. It says 'seismic activity' in white and 'alert' in gold. The BGS logo is top right.
Bathymetry data captured during the UK CSM 2026 seabed mapping survey around the UK's south-west coast.
Newly elected chair of the CCOP advisory group, Philipp Schmidt-Thomé of the Geological Survey of Finland, and vice-chair of the advisory group, Marcus Dobbs of BGS, attending their first CCOP steering committee meeting in Brunei Darussalam. © Ahmad Elghazy Bin Dato Seri Setia Hj Md Zaimi.
BGS’ Clive Mitchell and David Currie in the field with Charles Mbelenga of the Zambian Geological Survey. The team are standing together inspective graphite rock. It is a sunny day with some clouds. The landscape behind the group is scrubby grass. BGS © UKRI
A graphic for the primary science teacher CPD session 'rocks, fossils and soils with BGS'. The date is 18 June. To the right are images of a rock, the Natural History Museum, a fossil and Arthur's Seat. The BGS logo is top left.
A graphic to promote the Engage teacher conference. The session promoted is Breaking Barriers, not Budgets, which BGS will be at. The graphic mentions 'high-impact, no-cost primary STEM resources and has the logos of all of the involved organisations at the bottom. A cut away says 'aimed at primary educators'. To the right is a picture of two children engaging in an acitivity.
A seismic alert with a gold S wave running across a blue background. It says 'seismic activity' in white and 'alert' in gold. The BGS logo is top right.
BGS Seismogram - Perth and Kinross - 16 April 2026
BGS Seismic Alert
The CEFAS Endeavour at harbour. The bottom of the boat is blue, and the name is written on the side in Comic Sans. In the background you can see machinery on the harbourside.
BGS Seismic Alert - 15 April 2026 - Pubil, Perth & Kinross
Two visitors look at examples of Scotland's rocks, using magnifying glasses, while a member of staff talks to them.
An aerial image of a group of individuals congregated around a well in the village of Quionga, Mozambique. Water is being pumped from the well and there are lots of brightly coloured buckets placed around the well.