8 Jan to 13 Feb 2009
NEWS
Examining China's potential for carbon capture and storage; a technology that seeks to bury CO2 from power stations in rock formations deep below the surface. CO2 storage may be a very important option to minimising China's CO2 emissions where coal is used to generate electricity, which is essential to China s growing economy. With carbon capture and storage, China can maintain energy supplies at the same time as reducing its emissions.
BGS will host experts from China and the EU who will discuss the technical assessments of storage potential from the COACH (Cooperation Action within Carbon Capture and Storage China-EU) and NZEC (Near Zero Emissions from Coal, www.nzec.info) projects, as well as other relevant European projects.
For more information see this recent Geoscientist article Clearer Skies for China
8 December 2008
NEWS
Mind how you go this Christmas! - with the seemingly frequent occurrence of flooding, subsidence, earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions in the world, we answer the question: How dangerous is geology? [PDF 125 Kb]
25 November 2008
NEWS
The Nickel Commodity Profile, the latest in this series from the British Geological Survey (BGS), is now available to download from www.mineralsUK.com.
Nickel is of strategic importance to the steel industry. Over the last 12 months, it has been the subject of international focus due to record price levels and periods of very low supply. The Nickel Commodity Profile from the BGS provides a succinct summary of issues related to nickel resources, production, uses and trade which will be a valuable resource to all mining industry stakeholders. [PDF 89 Kb]
20 November 2008
NEWS
The British Geological Survey (BGS) provides impartial and objective scientific advice on geological matters to a wide range of British and international stakeholders. Canatxx Gas Storage Limited proposes an underground gas storage facility in Preesall, Lancashire and BGS is providing scientific data on the rocks below the surface in which gas may be stored.
Following recent press interest in a proposed gas storage scheme at Preesall (Lancashire), the BGS is taking this opportunity to clarify its professional relationship with Canatxx Gas Storage Limited. [PDF 86 Kb]
17 November 2008
NEWS
The British Geological Survey is running free guided archive tours for the public at Keyworth, Nottingham, on Saturday 29th November 2008. This event is in support of the national Archive Awareness Campaign 2008 and is entitled. "Communities, Industry and Earth History - How the past influences our environment".
Tours every 30 minutes from 10:00 AM to 14:30 PM on Saturday 29th November.
Tours last approximately 90 minutes. [PDF 90 Kb]
16 November 2008
NEWS
Extension-related processes and rifting in ancient versus modern settings [PDF 16 Kb]
26 October 2008
NEWS
BGS have received a number of reports from residents in the Herefordshire area of a felt event this evening at 18:06 UTC. Felt reports described "a thump as if someone had jumped off the bed upstairs" and "loud boom noise as though something extremely heavy had fallen on the wood floor above my head". The strength of the shaking has been described as moderate, enough to make furniture shake and windows and crockery rattle. Some reports indicate that people were woken from sleep and a
few were frightened, indicating an intensity of at least 4 EMS. [PDF 60 Kb]
1 October 2008
NEWS
New online news site from NERC. Features, blogs & podcasts for the general public
29 September 2008
NEWS
School Seismology Project on YouTube
27 Sep 2008 10:00-17:00
NEWS
Gold panning, fossil casting, dry-stone walling, gift shop, bookshop.
Geology, mineralology, palaeonotology, volcanology, marine geology, seismology, geomagnetism and more. [PDF 109 Kb]
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