BGS leading major new five-year research programme to support the UK’s energy transition

BGS will work with the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) to deliver the £2.6 million programme ‘Managing the Environmental Sustainability of the Offshore Energy Transition’.

This project will assess the environmental sustainability of offshore wind, blue and green hydrogen, and carbon capture and storage for selected test areas of the UK offshore, and will develop solutions for planning the technology and infrastructure of the offshore energy transition. It will also assess public understanding and acceptance of those technologies.

In other news:

Climate change and human exploitation linked to historic decline in Atlantic salmon New research reveals that both a change in climate and human exploitation played a role in a decline in North Atlantic salmon populations.

BGS launches new Geology Viewer A new app, providing easy access for geology enthusiasts and the general public to bedrock and superficial geology maps of Great Britain, has been launched.

On the blog

Working at BGS as an postgraduate intern Environmental geochemistry masters student, Katie Williams, shares her experience following a placement in the Stable Isotope Facility.

Staff sustainability practices around BGS BGS recently made time for employees at our sites around the UK to spend a few hours on projects focusing on increasing sustainability, both in their offices and in the local area.