@meljleng.bsky.social
Chief Scientist/British Geological Survey/Professor University of Nottingham
@bgs.ac.uk Environmental Sustainability Report 2024/2025
www.bgs.ac.uk/download/env...
Congratulations to Sir Keith O’Nions on his retirement as Chair of the British Geological Survey Board, thanks for your 8 years of service…
Keith was presented by Karen Hanghøj with a garnet laser engraved by Matthew Horstwood in the NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility
An old photo of Giants Causeway
Formed from over 40,000 interlocking columns of basalt, the Giant’s Causeway has fascinated visitors for centuries. This black-and-white photograph dates back to the 1930s.
Explore this image and thousands more historic and newer photos of geological landmarks in our archive: bgs.assetbank.app
I am co-convening a meeting at the Royal Society later this year, with @krhendry.bsky.social and other very excellent polar science colleagues. If you have interests relating to Antarctica and the impacts of climate change, please consider participating!
12.07.2025 18:19 — 👍 47 🔁 28 💬 3 📌 0
BGS stakeholder event, held in the Churchill Rooms, House of Commons. BGS show cased Geology for:
National Resilience, Decarbonisation &
Economic Growth
Thanks to all our stakeholders and James Naish MP for Rushcliffe, Rupert LEWIS Deputy EC NERC & Karen Hanghøj Director BGS for opening comments
Lovely to see the cinnabar moth caterpillar feeding on the ragwort at BGS. The moth is named after the red mineral cinnabar because of the red patches on its predominantly black wings.
01.07.2025 18:59 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An excellent visit from our incoming British Geological Survey Board Chair Paul Monks including a tour of the the National Geological Repository (NGR) - the largest collection of geoscience samples in the UK.
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A graphic promoting the role of 'senior research grants manager', with the closing date of 13 July 2025. Top right is the BGS logo, and to the left is an image of the British coastline.
We're looking for a senior research grants manager to join our team 📝
You'll be identifying & publicising relevant and innovative grant opportunities to BGS, and will work with staff to create funding applications.
Apply now:
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Wild flower season Heriot-Watt University / British Geological Survey Scotland office (Lyell Center) 🐝
25.06.2025 20:37 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🔍 We're Hiring: Principal /senior Hydrogeologist
An exciting opportunity has arisen at the British Geological Survey (BGS) for a Principal Hydrogeologist to lead science and project management within the Groundwater team.
www.careersportal.co.uk/UKRI-careers...
Wild flower season British Geological Survey Keyworth 🌸🌺🌻🌼
17.06.2025 19:36 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0New research published by BGS. Modern pesticides used in agriculture and veterinary medicines have been found for the first time in English rivers and could pose a risk to aquatic life.
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/modern-...
The Guardian have featured British Geological Survey pesticide research in an article this morning:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
🔍 We're Hiring: Principal /senior Hydrogeologist
An exciting opportunity has arisen at the British Geological Survey (BGS) for a Principal Hydrogeologist to lead science and project management within the Groundwater team.
www.careersportal.co.uk/UKRI-careers...
16.06.2025 05:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An excellent visit by British Geological Survey staff to the University of Nottingham’s Manufacturing Metrology Team (MMT). Their research enables next-generation surface texture/topography down to nano scale observations and measurement solutions. Thanks to Chris Tompkins 👏
16.06.2025 05:38 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
🧬 Professor Melanie Leng delivered the 2025 Battarbee Lecture on stable isotope analysis in diatoms, insects, and lake sediments—continuing her impactful work with @ucl.ac.uk Geography.
More: tinyurl.com/ucl-leng
#UCLGeography #StableIsotopes #BattarbeeLecture #EnvironmentalResearch
Isotopes in Palaeoenvironmental Research - update
Published 1.6.25.
This is an update on the 2004 QSR issue on “Isotopes in Quaternary Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction”.The last 2 decades have seen huge advances in methods and interpretation…
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/quat...
Micronutrient Action Policy Support (MAPS)
Thanks Andy Bean for your work (with Louise Ander and others) on the co-created web-hosted tool to estimate micronutrient deficiencies and explore pathways to improve nutrition across Africa
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@uonresearch.bsky.social
Learn how some plants are adapted to certain conditions...I hope it helps people choose plants better suited to changing local climates....out now! www.hachette.co.uk/titles/amand...
24.04.2025 17:04 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Congratulations NERC on 60 yrs of leadership in environmental science. In celebration NERC published its new 10-year vision, launched at the Royal Society.
The Forward Look for Environment Science www.ukri.org/publications...
Andi Smith and Chris Bengt (BGS) travelled to the Philippines for Chris’s PhD fieldwork at Lake Bulusan, Sorsogon Province. The core material will shed light on phosphorus dynamics and the role volcanic eruptions play in fertilising the surrounding forests.
27.05.2025 16:41 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Congratulations to Emrys Phillips (retired British Geological Survey) on his contribution to a text book on Micromorphology published by the QRA 📖
14.05.2025 05:29 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 2Lovely to see everyone at UCL as usual!
09.05.2025 14:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Made it! Vienna - Frankfurt - Brussels - London - Nottingham #EGU25
03.05.2025 15:33 — 👍 29 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
Made it to Frankfurt, back to grey…
03.05.2025 06:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Last metro across the Danube till next year #EGU25
02.05.2025 14:21 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
