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/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Paul_Monks.jpgProfessor Paul Monks CB
...04/world-mineral-production-2019-23.webpWorld Mineral Production 2019 to 2023. BGS © UKRI.
...tent/uploads/2022/05/EGU_web-150x150.jpgEGU
...tent/uploads/2025/04/IMG_5057_sized.webpThe cliffs at Étretat, showing channelling in the Chalk and well-developed karstic dissolution pipes. BGS © UKRI 2025.
...-Glen-Rosa_ArranUGGp-©-Kate-Sampson.webpHighland cows in Glen Rosa_ArranUGGp © Kate Sampson
...of-bridlington-east-yorkshire-coast.webpCoastal erosion at Mappleton, south of Bridlington, East Yorkshire coast. BGS © UKRI.
...oads/2020/06/immersive3dfac1-150x150.jpgBGS scientists using the Keyworth immersive 3D visualisation facility
.../2025/03/h2-storage-policy-paper-v3.webpUnderground hydrogen storage is a promising solution for large-scale, long-duration energy storage. This image shows four potential methods of storing hydrogen: lined rock caverns; salt caverns; saline aquifers, and depleted gas fields. The inset highlights the storage mechanism in saline aquifers and depleted gas fields, where hydrogen is stored within the rock’s pore spaces. BGS © UKRI 2025.
/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/p213718_web.jpgExtaction of fuller's earth from Steetley Minerals Fuller's Earth Quarry, Woburn Sands, Bedfordshire. BGS © UKRI
...oads/2025/03/Web_Geomorphology_Thumb.jpgSection of the BGS 1:50 000 Geomorphology map of the seabed around Ascension Island. BGS © UKRI. © Crown Copyright and/or database rights. Reproduced by permission of The Keeper of Public Records and the UK Hydrographic Office
...on-being-carried-up-to-cairn-lochan.webpGeophysical instrumentation being carried up to Cairn Lochan (1216 m altitude) by the field team Photo credit: Innes Hamilton.
...tent/uploads/2025/03/nature-smartex.webpNodule-covered seafloor in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone visited during the SMARTEX project. © NERC, SMARTEX Project, Isis ROV.
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...ads/2020/05/CCS-P542246-Icon-150x150.jpgRatcliffe-upon-Soar Power station.
...uploads/2020/05/Hazards-Icon-150x150.jpgLava from Kilauea on Hawaii flows into the ocean
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Page structure

H1 heading
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Understanding our Earth
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Headings
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The structure of headings is missing one or more levels. Do not skip heading levels.
There are 52 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Understanding our Earth
H2 Latest news and events
H2 Our core challenge areas
H2 Research
H2 Data
H2 Discovering Geology
H2 About BGS
H2 Cookies policy
H4 UKRI announce new Chair of the BGS Board
H4 Latest mineral production statistics for 2019 to 2023 released
H4 BGS talks at EGU 2025
H4 Geology sans frontières
H4 Isle of Arran announced as UNESCO Global Geopark
H4 What does the next generation of coastal environmental models look like?
H4 Celebrating 20 years of virtual reality innovation at BGS
H4 Making the case for underground hydrogen storage in the UK
H4 New data reveals latest mineral workings around Great Britain and Northern Ireland
H4 New seabed geology maps to enable long term conservation around Ascension Island
H4 Exploring Scotland’s hidden energy potential with geology and geophysics: fieldwork in the Cairngorms
H4 New study reveals long-term effects of deep-sea mining and first signs of biological recovery
H4 Decarbonisation and resource management
H4 Multi-hazards and resilience
H4 International geoscience
H4 National geoscience
H4 Digital geoscience
H4 Datasets
H4 Map viewers
H4 Technologies
H4 Information hub
H4 OpenGeoscience
H4 Digital geoscience Duplicate text
H4 Digital data licensing and resellers
H4 National Geoscience Data Centre
H4 National Geological Repository
H4 Rocks and minerals
H4 Discovering Geology: climate change
H4 Earth hazards
H4 Geological processes
H4 Fossils and geological time
H4 Our work
H4 Our data and services
H4 Our team
H4 Working with us
H4 Offices and locations
H4 Contact us
H5 Environmental change
H5 Decarbonisation
H5 Multi-hazards
H5 Useful links
H5 Policies & legal
H5 Join the BGS Newsletter
H6 Quick links
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
Some internal links have dynamic parameters. All internal URLs, which are not marked as nofollow, should not contain dynamic parameters.
Some anchor texts are used more than once.
The number of internal links is ok.
There are 9 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

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https://www.bgs.ac.uk/news/Subdomain News and events
https://shop.bgs.ac.uk/ShopExternal Subdomain BGS Shop
/hosted-websites/Subdomain Hosted sites
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/Subdomain IMG-ALT British Geological Survey
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/Subdomain Text duplicate IMG-ALT British Geological Survey
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/about-bgs/Subdomain About BGS
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/about-bgs/Subdomain Overview
/about-bgs/our-work/Subdomain Our work
/about-bgs/our-work/who-we-wor...Subdomain Who we work with
/about-bgs/our-work/government...Subdomain Government and policy
/about-bgs/our-work/science-br...Subdomain Science briefing papers
/about-bgs/our-work/our-history/Subdomain Our history
/about-bgs/our-work/environmen...Subdomain Environmental policy and sustainability strategy
/about-bgs/our-work/how-we-use...Subdomain How we use drones
/about-bgs/our-team/Subdomain Our team
/about-bgs/our-team/staff-prof...Subdomain Staff profiles
/about-bgs/our-team/senior-man...Subdomain Senior Management Board
/about-bgs/our-team/bgs-board/Subdomain BGS Board
/about-bgs/our-team/science-ad...Subdomain Science Advisory Committee
/about-bgs/working-with-us/equ...Subdomain Equality, diversity and inclusion at BGS
/about-bgs/our-team/organisati...Subdomain Organisational structure
/about-bgs/services/Subdomain Our data and services
/about-bgs/services/public/Subdomain General public
/about-bgs/services/business-s...Subdomain Business services
/about-bgs/services/business-d...Subdomain Business development
/about-bgs/services/government/Subdomain Government and agencies
/geological-data/opengeoscience/Subdomain OpenGeoscience
/about-bgs/services/academic-a...Subdomain Academics and researchers
/about-bgs/services/climate-ch...Subdomain Climate change and geohazards
/information-hub/licensing/Subdomain Digital data licensing and resellers
https://shop.bgs.ac.uk/Shop/External Subdomain GeoReports and online shop
/about-bgs/our-facilities/Subdomain Our facilities
/geological-research/science-f...Subdomain Science facilities
/about-bgs/services/library/Subdomain BGS Library
/about-bgs/services/conference...Subdomain Conference facilities
/about-bgs/contact-us/bgs-geol...Subdomain BGS Geology Shop
/about-bgs/services/training/Subdomain BGS GeoSchool
/geology-projects/uk-geoenergy...Subdomain UK Geoenergy Observatories
/geological-data/national-geos...Subdomain National Geoscience Data Centre
/geological-data/national-geol...Subdomain National Geological Repository
/about-bgs/working-with-us/Subdomain Working with us
/about-bgs/working-with-us/bgs...Subdomain Careers at BGS
/about-bgs/working-with-us/job...Subdomain Job vacancies
/about-bgs/working-with-us/wor...Subdomain Working at BGS
/about-bgs/working-with-us/equ...Subdomain Text duplicate Equality, diversity and inclusion at BGS
/about-bgs/working-with-us/pay...Subdomain Pay and benefits
/about-bgs/working-with-us/wor...Subdomain Work experience
/about-bgs/contact-us/Subdomain Contact us
/about-bgs/contact-us/locations/Subdomain Offices and locations
/about-bgs/contact-us/customer...Subdomain Customer feedback
/about-bgs/contact-us/press-of...Subdomain BGS Press Office
/bgs-intellectual-property-rig...Subdomain BGS Intellectual Property Rights
/about-bgs/contact-us/freedom-...Subdomain Freedom of information act
https://public.govdelivery.com...External Subdomain Subscribe to our newsletter
/about-bgs/contact-us/Subdomain Anchor Frequently asked questions
/geological-research/Subdomain Research
/geological-research/Subdomain Text duplicate Overview
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/information-hub/publications/Subdomain Publications
/geological-research/bufi/Subdomain BGS University Funding Initiative
/geological-research/environme...Subdomain Environmental change
/geology-projects/groundwater-...Subdomain Groundwater research
/geology-projects/urban-geosci...Subdomain Urban geoscience
/geology-projects/sea-floor-ma...Subdomain Sea floor: marine geoscience
/geology-projects/seafloor-sci...Subdomain Sea floor: scientific ocean drilling
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/geology-projects/environmenta...Subdomain Environmental modelling
/geological-research/science-f...Subdomain Centre for Environmental Geochemistry
/geological-research/decarboni...Subdomain Decarbonisation
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/geology-projects/radioactive-...Subdomain Geodisposal: radioactive waste
/geology-projects/critical-raw...Subdomain Critical raw materials
/geology-projects/geothermal-e...Subdomain Geothermal energy
/geology-projects/hydrocarbons...Subdomain Hydrocarbon systems
/geology-projects/energy-storage/Subdomain Energy storage
/geology-projects/carbon-captu...Subdomain Carbon capture and storage
/geological-research/science-f...Subdomain Fluid and Rock Processes Laboratory Cluster
/geological-research/science-f...Subdomain Rock Volume Characterisation Laboratory Cluster
/geology-projects/uk-geoenergy...Subdomain Text duplicate UK Geoenergy Observatories
/geological-research/multihaza...Subdomain Multi-hazards
/geology-projects/volcanoes/Subdomain Volcanology
/geology-projects/earthquake-s...Subdomain Earthquakes and seismology research
/geology-projects/geomagnetism...Subdomain Geomagnetism
/geology-projects/geodesy/Subdomain Geodesy and Earth observation
/geology-projects/geophysical-...Subdomain Shallow geophysics
/geology-projects/landslides/Subdomain Landslides research
/geology-projects/coasts-and-e...Subdomain Coasts and estuaries geohazards
/geology-projects/shallow-geoh...Subdomain Shallow geohazards
/geological-research/digital-g...Subdomain Digital geoscience
/geology-projects/digital-lab/Subdomain Digital lab
/geology-projects/hazard-and-r...Subdomain Hazard and resilience modelling
/geology-projects/3d-visualisa...Subdomain 3D visualisation systems
/geology-projects/product-deve...Subdomain Product development
/geology-projects/citizen-scie...Subdomain Citizen science
/geological-data/Subdomain Data
/geological-research/national-...Subdomain National geoscience
/geological-research/bgs-inter...Subdomain International geoscience
/geological-research/bgs-inter...Subdomain Official Development Assistance
/geological-research/bgs-inter...Subdomain Partnerships for Development
/geology-projects/integrated-r...Subdomain Integrated resource management in Eastern Africa
/geology-projects/resilience-o...Subdomain Resilience of Asian cities
/geology-projects/global-geolo...Subdomain Global geological risk
/geology-projects/internationa...Subdomain International catchment observatories
/geological-research/science-f...Subdomain Text duplicate Science facilities
/geological-research/science-f...Subdomain Text duplicate Centre for Environmental Geochemistry
/geological-research/science-f...Subdomain Text duplicate Fluid and Rock Processes Laboratory Cluster
/geological-research/science-f...Subdomain Engineering and Geotechnical Capability
/geological-research/science-f...Subdomain Text duplicate Rock Volume Characterisation Laboratory Cluster
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/geological-data/Subdomain Text duplicate Data
/geological-data/Subdomain Data search
/data/datasets/Subdomain Data product search
/geological-data/opengeoscience/Subdomain Open data
/geological-data/metadata-cata...Subdomain Data catalogues
/about-bgs/services/climate-ch...Subdomain Text duplicate Climate change and geohazards
/geological-data/map-viewers/Subdomain Map viewers
/map-viewers/bgs-geology-viewer/Subdomain BGS Geology Viewer
/map-viewers/geoindex-onshore/Subdomain GeoIndex (onshore)
/map-viewers/geoindex-offshore/Subdomain GeoIndex (offshore)
/map-viewers/uk-soil-observato...Subdomain UK Soil Observatory
/information-hub/bgs-maps-portal/Subdomain BGS maps portal
/geological-data/technologies/Subdomain Technologies
/technologies/software/Subdomain Software
/technologies/web-services/Subdomain Web services and APIs
/technologies/web-map-services...Subdomain Web map services (WMS)
/technologies/databases/Subdomain Databases
/technologies/geotechnical-dat...Subdomain Geotechnical data services
/technologies/collaborations/Subdomain Collaborations
/geological-data/information-hub/Subdomain Information hub
/information-hub/licensing/Subdomain Text duplicate Digital data licensing and resellers
/information-hub/publications/Subdomain Text duplicate Publications
/information-hub/data-collecti...Subdomain Data collections
/information-hub/dictionaries/Subdomain Dictionaries
/information-hub/bgs-maps-portal/Subdomain Text duplicate BGS maps portal
/information-hub/scanned-records/Subdomain Scanned records
/information-hub/photos-and-im...Subdomain Photographs and images
/information-hub/borehole-reco...Subdomain Borehole records
/information-hub/licensing/Subdomain Text duplicate Digital data licensing and resellers
/geological-data/datasets/digi...Subdomain Digital data product development
/geological-data/national-geol...Subdomain Text duplicate National Geological Repository
/geological-data/national-geol...Subdomain Accessing the NGR material collections
/geological-data/national-geol...Subdomain NGR facilities
/geological-data/national-geol...Subdomain Donations and loans of materials collections
/geological-data/national-geol...Subdomain Palaeontology and biostratigraphy collections
/geological-data/national-geol...Subdomain Borehole core collections
/geological-data/national-geol...Subdomain NGR hydrocarbons (well samples) database
/geological-data/national-geos...Subdomain Text duplicate National Geoscience Data Centre
/geological-data/national-geos...Subdomain Deposit data with NGDC
/geological-data/national-geos...Subdomain NGDC data management
/geological-data/national-geos...Subdomain NGDC cited data
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/geological-data/national-geos...Subdomain Metadata abstract examples
/geological-data/national-geol...Subdomain Archives
/discovering-geology/Subdomain Discovering Geology
/discovering-geology/Subdomain Text duplicate Overview
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/discovering-geology/geologica...Subdomain Geological processes
/discovering-geology/geologica...Subdomain Landforms
/discovering-geology/geologica...Subdomain Relief
/discovering-geology/geologica...Subdomain Weathering
/discovering-geology/geologica...Subdomain Erosion
/discovering-geology/geologica...Subdomain Deposition
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/discovering-geology/climate-c...Subdomain What causes the Earth’s climate to change?
/discovering-geology/climate-c...Subdomain Impacts of climate change
/discovering-geology/climate-c...Subdomain The carbon story
/discovering-geology/climate-c...Subdomain The greenhouse effect
/discovering-geology/climate-c...Subdomain Understanding carbon capture and storage
/discovering-geology/climate-c...Subdomain What are we doing about climate change?
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/discovering-geology/earth-haz...Subdomain Earthquakes
/discovering-geology/earth-haz...Subdomain Understanding landslides
/discovering-geology/earth-haz...Subdomain Volcanoes
/discovering-geology/earth-haz...Subdomain Understanding sinkholes and karst
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/discovering-geology/fossils-a...Subdomain Geological timechart
/discovering-geology/fossils-a...Subdomain Fossils
/discovering-geology/maps-and-...Subdomain Maps and resources
/discovering-geology/maps-and-...Subdomain Climate change through time
/discovering-geology/maps-and-...Subdomain Earth hazards resources
/discovering-geology/maps-and-...Subdomain Energy resources
/discovering-geology/maps-and-...Subdomain Fossils and geological time resources
/discovering-geology/maps-and-...Subdomain Maps
/discovering-geology/maps-and-...Subdomain Rock observation resources
/discovering-geology/maps-and-...Subdomain Postcard geology
/research/climate-change/Subdomain Climate change
/research/multiple-hazards/Subdomain Multiple hazards
/research/decarbonisation/Subdomain Text duplicate Decarbonisation
/news/ukri-announce-new-chair-...Subdomain IMG-ALT Professor Paul Monks CB
/news/ukri-announce-new-chair-...Subdomain UKRI announce new Chair of the BGS Board
/news/ukri-announce-new-chair-...Subdomain Show more
/news/latest-mineral-productio...Subdomain IMG-ALT World Mineral Production 2019 to 2023. BGS © UKRI.
/news/latest-mineral-productio...Subdomain Latest mineral production statistics for 2019 to 2023 released
/news/latest-mineral-productio...Subdomain Text duplicate Show more
/news/bgs-talks-at-egu-2025/Subdomain IMG-ALT EGU
/news/bgs-talks-at-egu-2025/Subdomain BGS talks at EGU 2025
/news/bgs-talks-at-egu-2025/Subdomain Text duplicate Show more
/news/geology-sans-frontieres/Subdomain IMG-ALT The cliffs at Étretat, showing channelling in the Chalk and well-developed karstic dissolution pipes. BGS © UKRI 2025.
/news/geology-sans-frontieres/Subdomain Geology sans frontières
/news/geology-sans-frontieres/Subdomain Text duplicate Show more
/news/isle-of-arran-announced-...Subdomain IMG-ALT Highland cows in Glen Rosa_ArranUGGp © Kate Sampson
/news/isle-of-arran-announced-...Subdomain Isle of Arran announced as UNESCO Global Geopark
/news/isle-of-arran-announced-...Subdomain Text duplicate Show more
/news/what-does-the-next-gener...Subdomain IMG-ALT Coastal erosion at Mappleton, south of Bridlington, East Yorkshire coast. BGS © UKRI.
/news/what-does-the-next-gener...Subdomain What does the next generation of coastal environmental models look like?
/news/what-does-the-next-gener...Subdomain Text duplicate Show more
/news/celebrating-20-years-of-...Subdomain IMG-ALT BGS scientists using the Keyworth immersive 3D visualisation facility
/news/celebrating-20-years-of-...Subdomain Celebrating 20 years of virtual reality innovation at BGS
/news/celebrating-20-years-of-...Subdomain Text duplicate Show more
/news/making-the-case-for-unde...Subdomain IMG-ALT Underground hydrogen storage is a promising solution for large-scale, long-duration energy storage. This image shows four potential methods of storing hydrog...
/news/making-the-case-for-unde...Subdomain Making the case for underground hydrogen storage in the UK
/news/making-the-case-for-unde...Subdomain Text duplicate Show more
/news/new-data-reveals-latest-...Subdomain IMG-ALT Extaction of fuller's earth from Steetley Minerals Fuller's Earth Quarry, Woburn Sands, Bedfordshire. BGS © UKRI
/news/new-data-reveals-latest-...Subdomain New data reveals latest mineral workings around Great Britain and Northern Ireland
/news/new-data-reveals-latest-...Subdomain Text duplicate Show more
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