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Species point records from 1993 WWA River Usk industrial discharge pipe littoral survey

• Published by: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
• Last updated: 17 May 2018

The only major industrial outfall in the Usk Estuary is from the British Steel Company Orb Works which discharges effulent including a variety of metals, oils and neutralised pickling liquor....

Habitat point records from 1993 WWA River Usk industrial discharge pipe littoral survey

• Published by: Joint Nature Conservation Committee
• Last updated: 17 May 2018

The only major industrial outfall in the Usk Estuary is from the British Steel Company Orb Works which discharges effulent including a variety of metals, oils and neutralised pickling liquor....

QICS Paper: Benthic megafauna and CO2 bubble dynamics observed by underwater photography during a controlled sub-seabed release of CO2

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 28 January 2026

In 2012, a controlled sub-seabed release of carbon dioxide (CO2) was conducted in Ardmucknish Bay, a shallow (12 m) coastal bay on the west coast of Scotland. During the experiment, CO2 gas was...

QICS Paper: Optical assessment of impact and recovery of sedimentary pH profiles in ocean acidification and carbon capture and storage research

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 28 January 2026

Available methods for measuring the impact of ocean acidification (OA) and leakage from carbon capture and storage (CCS) on marine sedimentary pH profiles are unsuitable for replicated experimental...

QICS Paper: Response of the ammonia oxidation activity of microorganisms in surface sediment to a controlled sub-seabed release of CO2

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 28 January 2026

The impact of a sub-seabed CO2 leak from geological sequestration on the microbial process of ammonia oxidation was investigated in the field. Sediment samples were taken before, during and after a...

QICS Paper: Numerical study of the fate of CO2 purposefully injected into the sediment and seeping from seafloor in Ardmucknish Bay

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 28 January 2026

To quantify the impact of leaked CO2 purposefully stored in subsea geological formations on the marine ecosystem, CO2 gas was injected into sandy sediments in a small bay in Scotland in 2012....

EPSRC project paper: New insights from 3D geological models at analogue CO2 storage sites in Lincolnshire and eastern Scotland, UK

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 28 January 2026

Subsurface 3D geological models of aquifer and seal rock systems from two contrasting analogue sites have been created as the first step in an investigation into methodologies for geological...

Monthly analysis of the cellulose and distilled moss water isotope composition for temperate East Anglian mosses

• Published by: Environmental Information Data Centre
• Last updated: 21 January 2026

The dataset contains a key to species and locations of moss samples and water samples collected along with relative water contents for moss samples. The stable carbon (13C/12C) and oxygen (18O/17O)...

QICS Paper Gas migration pathways, controlling mechanisms and changes in sediment acoustic properties observed in a controlled sub-seabed CO2 release experiment

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 28 January 2026

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a key technology to potentially mitigate global warming by reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from industrial facilities and power generation that escape...

QICS Paper: Detection of CO2 leakage from a simulated sub-seabed storage site using three different types of pCO2 sensors

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 28 January 2026

This work is focused on results from a recent controlled sub-seabed in situ carbon dioxide (CO2) release experiment carried out during May–October 2012 in Ardmucknish Bay on the Scottish west...

Wild rodent trapping, tracking and sampling for genetics and gut microbiome, Silwood Park, Berkshire, November 2014 to November 2015

• Published by: Environmental Information Data Centre
• Last updated: 21 January 2026

This data set is a combination of trapping data, tracking data and data on the genetic relatedness and gut microbiome composition of wild rodents caught in 2.3 ha study site in Nash’s Copse,...

QICS Paper: Mapping observations using AUV and numerical simulations of leaked CO2 diffusion in sub-seabed CO2 release experiment at Ardmucknish Bay

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 28 January 2026

A controlled sub-seabed CO2 release experiment (QICS: quantifying and monitoring potential impacts of geological carbon storage) was conducted in Ardmucknish Bay, Scotland, in 2012, to quantify the...

QICS paper: Effect of a controlled sub-seabed release of CO2 on biogeochemistry of shallow marine sediments, their pore waters, and overlying water column

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 28 January 2026

Carbon capture and storage is a mitigation strategy that can be used to aid the reduction of anthropogenic CO2 emissions. This process aims to capture CO2 from large point-source emitters and...

QICS Paper: Small-scale modelling of physiochemical impacts of CO2 leaked from sub-seabed reservoirs or pipelines within the North Sea and surrounding waters

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 28 January 2026

A two-fluid, small scale numerical ocean model was developed to simulate plume dynamics and increases in water acidity due to leakages of CO2 from potential sub-seabed reservoirs erupting, or...

Fault seal analysis of a natural CO2 reservoir in the Southern North Sea - Conference paper presented at 12th 'Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies' conference

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 28 January 2026

This poster on the UKCCSRC Call 1 project, Fault seal controls on storage capacity, was presented at the Cranfield Biannual, 21.04.15. Grant number: UKCCSRC-C1-14.

Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage (SCCS) Working Paper 2010-08: Towards a Public Communication and Engagement Strategy for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Projects in Scotland

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 28 January 2026

Technical report, component of 'Progressing Scotland’s CO2 storage opportunities', 2010. Review of research findings, CCS project experiences, tools, resources and best practices. Available for...

The Geochemistry of Fossil Pigment Preservation (NERC grant NE/J023426/1)

• Published by: British Geological Survey (BGS)
• Last updated: 28 January 2026

These data represent a massive synchrotron based programme to study ancient life. Not all of these data have been processed yet, nor have we published all of the results that we intend to. These...

Interrogating Trees as Archives of Environmental Sulphur Variability Project: Sulphur Dendrochemistry measurement collection from trees in Italy and in the UK

• Published by: Centre for Environmental Data Analysis
• Last updated: 19 June 2018

Sulphur is an element which is fixed within the woody tissues during growth and can be used with certainty for environmental reconstruction. That sulphur should be the element which is fixed...

GP recorded chronic obstructive pulmonary disease rates (COPD)

• Published by: Leeds City Council
• Last updated: 03 June 2016

A dataset providing GP recorded chronic obstructive pulmonary disease rates.  Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a serious long-term lung disease in which the flow of air...

Interrogating Trees as Archives of Environmental Sulphur Variability Project: Sulphur Dendrochemistry measurement collection from trees in Italy and in the UK

• Published by: Centre for Environmental Data Analysis
• Last updated: 17 July 2017

Sulphur is an element which is fixed within the woody tissues during growth and can be used with certainty for environmental reconstruction. That sulphur should be the element which is fixed...