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Tips for Viewing Northern Lights in the UK

Hooker slide collection

Recently, a collection of 'unregistered fossil plants' was found at BGS Keyworth; including specimens picked up by Darwin and Hooker on their round the world voyages in the 1830s and 1840s.

More about the J D Hooker slide collection

Director's blog

Looking back at 2011: world population increase, climate summit, the 'Anthropocene', Japan earthquake, energy and recycling

Read John Ludden's blog

Shale Gas Project

BGS capability ranges across a wide area of shale gas research.

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BGS Shale Gas Project

Job vacancies

17 positions including geologists, hydrogeologists, volcanologist, geochemist, geomagnetic modeller, 3D modeller, Java developer & IPR.

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Latest earthquakes

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Latest press release

Ripon 'Auction Mart' Development

Since 1982, the British Geological Survey (BGS) has been instrumental in making the council, residents and central government aware of the ground stability problems that affect parts of Ripon.

The BGS are aware that the Auction Mart site, North Road, Ripon, is the subject of a planning application. Last year (21 November 2011) the BGS were offered copies of the site investigation information and are on record in the reply as having stated that:

'This part of Ripon is particularly problematical and very difficult to investigate and interpret, it may be a challenge to develop and some of the site may be too dangerous to build on.'

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Iain Stewart and BGS geologist Tom Bradwell aboard the RV Calanus during the filming of Men of Rock

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