BGS hosted sites

These websites are hosted on the BGS servers, and represent the projects and development work that the BGS in engage in.

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Africa Groundwater Literature Archive

A searchable database of references of groundwater literature, both published and unpublished.

AGID

The website for the Association of Geoscientists for International Development is no longer hosted by the BGS. Please visit the new website.

BARGE

Bioaccessibility Research Group of Europe — BARGE.

BIGF

The British Isles continuous GNSS Facility (BIGF) supports research scientists with archived RINEX format GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) data, metadata and derivative products.

BritGeothermal

Britgeothermal is a UK-based consortium established as a focus for deep geothermal energy research, both in the UK and globally.

CEPHaS

Strengthening Capacity in Environmental Physics, Hydrogeology and Statistics for Conservation Agriculture Research — CEPHaS.

Centre for Environmental Geochemistry

The Centre for Environmental Geochemistry (CEG) is a collaborative research centre between the University of Nottingham and the BGS.

UK Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre (CMIC)

The CMIC supports the UK in securing adequate, timely and sustainable supplies of the minerals and metals it requires to transition its economy in the coming decades to net-zero emissions.

CO2 CONTAIN

The impaCt of hydrOcarbon depletioN on the Treatment of cAprocks within performance assessment for CO2 InjectioN schemes — CONTAIN.

CO2 stored

The UK Storage Appraisal Project (UK SAP) was commissioned and funded by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) to provide a comprehensive, auditable and defensible estimate of UK CO2 storage capacity.

DIFFUSE

Pollution from historic metal mining in the UK.

DiSECCS

Diagnostic seismic toolbox for the efficient control of CO2 storage developing sophisticated, seismic methods to monitor underground carbon dioxide storage sites.

European 3D Geological Modelling Community

To exchange progress, problems and solutions in our common quest to understand and communicate the 3D composition and properties of the subsurface to support science–based decision making

EPOS

The European Plate Observing System (EPOS), UK steering group.

ERA

The Energy Research Accelerator (ERA) is at the forefront of energy transformation.

EURARE

EURARE is a project funded by the European Commission for the 'Development of a sustainable exploitation scheme for Europe's rare earth ore deposits'.

FORGE

Fate of repository gases — FORGE.

Foundations of the Mendips

An interactive guide to the natural and artifical landscapes of the Mendip Hills.

GB3D Type Fossils Online

JISC-funded project to develop a database of the type specimens, held in British collections, of macrofossil species and subspecies found in the UK, including links to photographs and 3D digital models.

GSNI

Geological Survey of Northern Ireland.

GWatt

GWatt aims to develop a better understanding of fluid and heat flow in deep fractured rocks, in order to improve and encourage the utilisation of geothermal energy in the UK.

HiTech AlkCarb

This project is to develop new geomodels and sustainable exploration methods for alkaline igneous rocks and carbonatites.

IAGA

International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy Division V: geomagnetic observatories, surveys and analyses.

IBIS

The website for Isotopes in Biogenic Silica (IBIS) is no longer hosted by the BGS. Please visit the new website.

ICDP — UK

International Continental Scientific Drilling Program UK.

Irish historical geological maps

A range of historical geological maps, sections and memoirs of Ireland, mostly from the 19th century.

IVESPA

The Independent Volcanic Eruption Source Parameter Archive (IVESPA) is an online archive of published volcano eruption information relevant for informing development and validation of eruption column models and empirical relations of eruption plume height and mass eruption rate.

LANDSLIP

Landslide multi-hazard risk assessment, preparedness and early warning in South Asia integrating meteorology, landscape and society.

LiFT

Lithium for Future Technology.

MineralsUK

Up-to-date information on mineral exploration, mining, production and trade.

National Environmental Isotope Facility (NEIF)

NEIF is an integrated platform of state‐of‐the‐art isotope and organic geochemistry analytical capabilities and specialisms.

OneGeology

Creating a dynamic digital geological map for the world.

PROTHEGO

The PROTection of European Cultural HEritage from GeO-hazards (PROTHEGO) project aims to make an innovative contribution towards the analysis of geohazards in areas of cultural heritage in Europe.

PURE portal

Probability, Uncertainty and Risk in the Environment (PURE) provides free access to metadata for model codes and their applications (model instances).

SHEAR

SHEAR carries out innovative research in the most hazard-prone parts of the world to better understand and predict disasters, and minimise the risk they pose to vulnerable communities.

SoS Minerals

Security of Supply of Mineral Resources (SoS Minerals) is an interdisciplinary research programme funded by NERC, EPSRC and FAPESP focusing on the science needed to sustain the security of supply of strategic minerals in a changing environment.

SoS RARE

The SoS RARE project was a consortium project funded by NERC and EPSRC under the Security of Supply of Mineral Resources (SoS Minerals) science programme, running from 2015 to 2019.

Tellus South West

A low-level airborne geophysical survey of the South West of England.

Tetrapod World

Early evolution and diversification of tetrapods: discovering how tetrapods splashed out!

The Lyell Centre

The purpose-built facilities enable the British Geological Survey (BGS) and Heriot-Watt University (HWU) to build on their expertise in land and marine conservation, geology and geoscience.

UKADR

The aim of the UK Alliance for Disaster Research (UKADR) is to bring together the UK's disaster research community, to facilitate collaboration and partnership in order to aid representation of the research community.

UKCCS Research Centre Archive

The UKCCSRC Archive holds digital data outputs generated by UKCCSRC funded research projects and makes them available to search and download.

UKSO

The UK Soil Observatory (UKSO) is a gateway to discover soil property datasets on the web or via smartphone apps.

VOGRIPA

The Volcanic Global Risk Identification and Analysis (VOGRIPA) project aims to provide systematic information on global volcanic activity, hazards and vulnerability.

World Data Centre for Geomagnetism

The Geomagnetism team of BGS hosts the World Data Centre for Geomagnetism in Edinburgh, a node of the World Data System (WDS) established by the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU).