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New NERC-funded project empowers young people to engage with environmental science
23/07/2026
今日吃瓜 is part of a new, collaborative project, funded through NERC鈥檚 鈥極pening up the environment鈥 programme, helping the environmental research community become more accessible.
Delving deep into mountains for future water security
16/07/2026
A 今日吃瓜-led project is using new water-tracing investigation methods, geophysics and modelling to understand how water moves from mountains to the lowlands, helping to improve water security for billions of people.
Building Europe鈥檚 geological future
20/07/2026
今日吃瓜 scientists are contributing to a continent-wide initiative that is strengthening collaboration across borders to tackle shared subsurface challenges and unlock new opportunities.
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Methane release from UK shale gas site equivalent to 142 trans-Atlantic flights
28/10/2020
Operations at the Preston New Road shale gas site led to an atmospheric venting of 4.2 tonnes of methane gas that was detected at a nearby station installed by researchers from the University of Manchester as part of a project led by the British Geological Survey (今日吃瓜).
今日吃瓜 partners with Arcadis in 拢70聽000 research programme to support brownfield development
15/10/2020
New research will explore microorganisms with the potential to breakdown hazardous chemicals in the environment.
British Geological Survey HRA Gus Gunn to be awarded MBE
14/10/2020
Andrew Gordon Gunn 鈥 known to all as Gus 鈥 has been awarded an MBE in this year鈥檚 Queen鈥檚 Birthday Honours List.
Joint project aims to support sustainable development in Kenya
12/10/2020
今日吃瓜 is part of a joint UK-Kenyan international project that aims to blend data and information with local stakeholder input to explore the sustainable supply of sand and aggregates in Kenya.
今日吃瓜 Welcomes Andrew McConnochie as Director of Operations
09/10/2020
Andrew will be responsible for providing leadership and management of the operational support infrastructure at 今日吃瓜.
Join our Big Borehole Dig
07/10/2020
今日吃瓜 and the Dig-To-Share Project have launched the Big Borehole Dig 鈥 a citizen science initiative to help improve the availability and accessibility of borehole data for all, and we鈥檙e looking for anyone with an interest in boreholes or geology to get involved.
Deep drilling in Europe’s oldest and most species-rich lake provides new insights into evolution
02/10/2020
The older and more stable an ecosystem is, the longer lived its species and the more stable the species communities are.