Melanie Leng
@meljleng.bsky.social
Chief Scientist/British Geological Survey/Professor University of Nottingham
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
Keith was presented by Karen Hanghøj with a garnet laser engraved by Matthew Horstwood in the NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility
July 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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
Keith was presented by Karen Hanghøj with a garnet laser engraved by Matthew Horstwood in the NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility
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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
Explore this image and thousands more historic and newer photos of geological landmarks in our archive: bgs.assetbank.app
July 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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
Explore this image and thousands more historic and newer photos of geological landmarks in our archive: bgs.assetbank.app
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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!
Are you a scientist with an interest in #ClimateChange and Antarctica? This September, join a team of leading oceanographers & climate scientists from @bas.ac.uk for a scientific meeting at the Royal Society: royalsociety.org/science-even... @oceanandice.bsky.social @krhendry.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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!
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
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
July 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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
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.
July 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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.
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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June 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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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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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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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June 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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:
fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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) 🐝
June 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Wild flower season Heriot-Watt University / British Geological Survey Scotland office (Lyell Center) 🐝
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🔍 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...
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...
Principal Hydrogeologist in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
We are looking for a highly experienced and motivated hydrogeologist with extensive experience of UK hydrogeology and of managing large complex...
www.careersportal.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🔍 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...
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 🌸🌺🌻🌼
June 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Wild flower season British Geological Survey Keyworth 🌸🌺🌻🌼
New 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-...
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/modern-...
June 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
New 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-...
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/modern-...
The Guardian have featured British Geological Survey pesticide research in an article this morning:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Dangerous pesticides and pet flea treatment detected in English rivers for first time
Exclusive: Wensum and Tone found to have high concentrations of chemicals that are toxic to aquatic life
www.theguardian.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The Guardian have featured British Geological Survey pesticide research in an article this morning:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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...
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...
Principal Hydrogeologist in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
We are looking for a highly experienced and motivated hydrogeologist with extensive experience of UK hydrogeology and of managing large complex...
www.careersportal.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🔍 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...
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...
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 👏
June 16, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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 👏
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🧬 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
More: tinyurl.com/ucl-leng
#UCLGeography #StableIsotopes #BattarbeeLecture #EnvironmentalResearch
The Battarbee Lecture 2025: Recent Advances in the Use of Stable Isotopes in Environmental Science
This year’s Battarbee Lecture was delivered by Professor Melanie Leng, Science Director of the NERC Stable Isotope Facility at the British Geological Survey, Keyworth.
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May 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🧬 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
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...
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...
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June 15, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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...
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
@britgeosurvey.bsky.social
@uonresearch.bsky.social
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
@britgeosurvey.bsky.social
@uonresearch.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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
@britgeosurvey.bsky.social
@uonresearch.bsky.social
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
@britgeosurvey.bsky.social
@uonresearch.bsky.social
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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...
RHS What to Grow for a Climate Resilient Garden
As the world's climate changes, this timely book from plant expert, Dr Amanda Rasmussen, explains what we should be planting in our outdoor spaces.
What t...
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April 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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...
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...
The Forward Look for Environment Science www.ukri.org/publications...
June 3, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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...
The Forward Look for Environment Science www.ukri.org/publications...
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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.
May 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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.
Congratulations to Emrys Phillips (retired British Geological Survey) on his contribution to a text book on Micromorphology published by the QRA 📖
May 14, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Congratulations to Emrys Phillips (retired British Geological Survey) on his contribution to a text book on Micromorphology published by the QRA 📖