BGS unlocking data from the underground

The British Geological Survey (BGS) have been actively encouraging the deposit of open data via the Data Deposit Portal for a number of years.




Speech: I don’t want you to panic

Chair of the Environment Agency to Climate Action Society




A celebration of citizen science

A celebration of citizen science following a year that saw more reportings of stranded marine life around Scotland’s coasts than ever before is to be held in the Highlands.




Prof Mike Stephenson appointed president of new Deep Time Digital Earth programme

This is the first ‘Recognised Big Science Program’ of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).




Supercomputers target TB

It is used regularly by global tech giants such as Google and Facebook, but now “deep learning” is set to become a key weapon in the fight against tuberculosis in cattle.