BGS news - October 22

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BGS joins European Geothermal Congress to highlight UK’s geothermal potential

BGS scientists joined more than 1000 participants in the European Geothermal Congress in October in Berlin, to discuss how the geothermal sector can help provide answers to the energy crisis and highlight research being undertaken in the UK. Geothermal technologies currently deliver less than 0.3 per cent of the UK’s annual heat demand, using only a fraction of the estimated available geothermal heat resource.

Project findings provide essential insight into the last British–Irish ice sheet

Understanding more about the north-west European continental shelf and improving forecasting for the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets.

Parts of UK listed among world’s most important geological sites

Sites in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have been named among 100 of the world’s most important geological sites by UNESCO and international scientists.

In other news

New seabed maps offer a window into the distant past

BGS has begun publishing a new series of high-resolution offshore geological maps showing the distribution of bedrock and sediments that make up the seabed around our coasts.

Film trilogy wins award and shares experiences of 1985 Nevado del Ruiz eruption

A collaborative film trilogy co-directed by BGS Volcanologist, Dr Anna Hicks, has won the overall 'Dynamic Earth' Theme Award at the Earth Futures Festival 2022.

Disaster risk reduction through geoscience

Exploring hazard research at BGS helps us to understand hazard risks and reduce vulnerability to disasters across the globe.

On the blog

The question of quality: how data science is tackling threats to our groundwater

An improved understanding of groundwater quality threats could help better manage groundwater resources and mitigate threats to global water supplies.

Tracking nitrate and ammonium in the environment

Dr Andrew Smith explains how newly developed methodologies are improving our understanding of nitrogen cycling which will help to answer key questions around nitrogen pollution.

My role as a stable isotope research assistant

Dr Harvey Pickard gives us an insight into his new role analysing stable isotopes and getting to grips with some of the laboratory equipment at BGS.

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