We are pleased to announce the release of the drilling report alongside the borehole data packs for the construction of the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Cheshire. These will provide a unique resource for scientists working on the geology and hydrogeology of the Sherwood Sandstone Formation, which is well suited for geothermal energy in the UK, ensuring this valuable information can be used for future subsurface science and engineering.

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Our TopoToolbox webinars on June 2 and 3 were a success with ~90 participants! The webinars covered the functionalities of TopoToolbox 3 and its integration into both MATLAB and Python, and highlighted tools including GraphFlood and TRANSECT. Be sure to check out the TopoToolbox gallery, which hosts example workflows contributed by TopoToolbox users and developers.

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Columbia Climate School and the Paris Climate School at Sciences Po are launching a new dual master's program at the intersection of climate science and ecological governance....

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Match 5: Scotland v. France Scotland Volcano Fun Facts: Can you believe Scotland made it this far without a single potentially active volcano? Even if the volcanoes are very old in Scotland we can still learn about active volcanic processes...

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Raukar: Gotland, Sweden's Limestone Sea Stacks Along the rugged Baltic shoreline of Sweden's enchanting island of Gotland, hundreds of towering limestone sea stacks known locally as raukar rise from the coast like ancient stone guardians.If ther...

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Liberia is often described as one of West Africa's last true frontier basins, an offshore province with world??'class geology but still awaiting its first commercial discovery. As the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) intensifies seismic reprocessing, regulatory reform, and investor outreach, the country is positioning itself for a new phase of exploration activity. Few...

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Screen dump from Copernicus C3S climate pulse showing the status on sea surface temperature (SST) on July 6, 2026. The curve on the left shows the global mean SST -record-high - and the right hand panel presents SST anomailes in the Pacific wher...

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From 21 to 26 June, the 2026 Ada Lovelace Workshop on Modelling of Mantle and Lithosphere Dynamics brought together the geodynamics community in Se?, Czech Republic. In this week's blog post, Vojt?ch Pato?ka, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geophysics at Charles University in Prague and a member of the organising committee, offers an offbeat take on the workshop.

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A BGS Survey Geologist carrying out a peat thickness survey near Coldburn Hill (in the background), Cheviots. Ruggedised tablets are used in the field to record observations and measurements at specific locations and draw linework indicating the extent of the various deposits, supported by aerial photos and digital terrain models. BGS © UKRI.

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Japan's largest volcano lies hidden. It can be found, if you know where to look, by starting from the southern island of Kyushu. Find the active volcano Sakurajima. (We will come back to it later. But this is not that volcano.) Sakurajima lies in-b...

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On Sunday, July 5, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s Hayabusa2 probe performed a close flyby of the asteroid Torifune....

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Trees ? living, dead, and transformed ? play roles in the lives of three communities in New Haven, CT. Because trees themselves have life cycles, interact with other living and non-living actors, and have material and symbolic significance, they ...

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The World Meteorological Organization says a strong El Niño could drive extreme weather in many regions....

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Researchers working with one of NASA's DRIVE (Diversify, Realize, Integrate, Venture, Educate) Science Centers are closer to unraveling a long-standing solar mystery surrounding the extreme thinness of the Sun's tachocline layer, a region critic...

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If ever there were a dinosaur that looked like it had dressed for a gala while everyone else showed up in sensible hiking boots, it was Oviraptor.Picture yourself standing on the warm floodplains of Mongolia some 75 million years ago. The air shimmer...

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In recent months, several articles emphasising the historical, technical, and human aspects of the evolving "apertu­ra" in Venezuela have been published in the AAPG Explorer and GEO EXPRO. In the former, Brown provided geopolit­ical and historical perspectives and an indication of "the size of the prize". Smith Llinas, also in the Explorer, pursued more personal...

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Guest blog by Christopher B. DuRoss from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

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Researchers studying a lake drainage event in Greenland determined that large amounts of meltwater drainage can lead to massive glacier calving events and accelerate ice sheet loss....

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"Seaton Tramway operates narrow gauge heritage trams between Seaton, Colyford and Colyton in East Devon's glorious Axe Valley," according to their website, providing superb views across the wetland habitats of curlews, lapwings, egrets, shelduc...

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Match 1: Ecuador v. Norway Ecuador Volcano Fun Facts: Guagua Pichincha is one of my favorite volcano names but did you know it was built on an older volcano that is called Rucu Pichincha? Ecuador shares a volcano with Colombia: Chiles-Cerro...

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This artist's concept shows a quasar, which is a galaxy with large quantities of material spiralling into its central supermassive black hole. Extreme gravitational and frictional forces heat the material to millions of degrees, generating more lig...

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Bavi is expected to gradually weaken this week and threaten northern Taiwan and Japan's Ryukyu Islands as a Category 3 storm on Friday.

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A few weeks ago I managed to get on the list for a field trip with the Northern California Geological Society (where I serve as webmaster/social media chief). We visited four memorable spots on the Sonoma coast. The first one was Bodega Head, where I'd been once a long time ago. The second was Shell Beach, my third visit. The third was Goat Rock, which I'd photographed long ago but where I'd never actually stood. And the last one, which had seemed like an afterthought, was an illuminating surprise.

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The "Freedom 250" activities in Washington DC have been controversial for a number of reasons, but after the fireworks display in the early hours of July 5th, the environmental and health impacts of this event became a concern. In the aftermath o...

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