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Joule II Project Paper: Natural occurrences as analogues for the geological disposal of carbon dioxide

It is now generally accepted that anthropogenic CO2 emissions are contributing to the global rise in atmospheric CO2 concentrations. One possibility for reducing carbon dioxide emissions is to...

QEMSCAN mineral abundances from the 2021 Tajogaite eruption from La Palma, Canary Islands

Quantitative Evaluation of Materials by Scanning Electron Microscopy (QEMSCAN®) analysis of thick sections of lava and tephra samples from the 2021 Tajogaite eruption from La Palma, Canary Islands....

A multiyear (2020-2024) geophysical dataset, acquired over Midtre Lovénbreen glacier forefield, Svalbard, comprised of physicochemical properties of deglaciated soils, freeze-thaw electrical imaging and photographic data of site conditions

A continuous four-year record of physicochemical properties of soils deglaciated in the last century due to the retreat of Midtre Lovénbreen (ML) glacier in the vicinity of Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard....

Modelling data for assessing potential of available minerals and reactor schemes (NERC Grant NE/P01982X/1)

The data set contains two separate items: (1) Global carbon dioxide removal potential of mine tailings, which includes (a) List of selected silicate-hosted mine tailings (classified by their...

BGS 1:63 360 Old Series One-inch geological maps

These maps are based on the Ordnance Survey 'Old Series' One-Inch maps of England and Wales. They were the first 1:63 360 geological map series produced by the Geological Survey in England and...

Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (MALSF) Geophysical and Multibeam Survey 2008/5_MEPF: MALSF Humber Regional Environmental Characterisation Project, Southern North Sea (14/Oct/2008 to 18/Feb/2009)

This BGS led survey, conducted by Gardline took place between Oct2008 and Mar2009 in 3 phases. The first 2 phases were conducted aboard the Gardline MV Vigilant. The first phase was completed due...

Model estimates of topsoil pH and bulk density [Countryside Survey]

Countryside Survey topsoil pH and bulk density (g cm-3) data is representative of 0 - 15 cm soil depth. Topsoil pH was measured using 10g of field moist soil with 25ml de-ionised water giving a...

Video imagery and flow measurements from five surveys on the River Tweed, July 2024-June 2025

This dataset contains river surface velocity data from video footage and from a kinematic current meter, during five surveys on the River Tweed in Scotland from July 2024 to June 2025. For the...

BGS Seabed Geology 10k

Seabed geology of the UK’s continental shelf, fine-scale maps providing detailed and accurate characterisation of the seabed geology, integrating substrate geology, structural geology and seabed...

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

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...

Dynamic imaging of tracer transport in beadpacks and Ketton Limestone by Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

The data contains three-dimensional maps of the temporal and spatial distribution of tracer concentration during miscible displacements with aqueous solutions in two cylindrical porous samples,...

Functional traits of woody plants sampled in permanent forest monitoring plots along altitudinal and forest perturbation gradients in the Colombian Andes, 2019-2022

The dataset contains information on six functional traits of woody plants, including Leaf Area, Specific Leaf Area (SLA), Leaf Dry Matter Content (LDMC), Leaf Thickness (Lth), Wood Density (WD),...

Daily plot level (micro meteorological) data at Climoor field site in Clocaenog Forest 2016-2021

This dataset combines average daily temperature and soil moisture data from nine experimental plots at the climate change field site Climoor located in Clocaenog forest, NE Wales. Soil temperature...

Soil physical, chemical, and biological properties (0-1 m) at five long-term grassland-to-woodland land use contrasts across England, 2018-2019

[THIS DATASET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN]. This dataset contains soil chemical, physical and biological properties for up to six soil layers between 0 and 100 cm, measured once at each of the five...

Volatile organic compound fluxes and source apportionment factor fluxes measured by Proton-Transfer-Reaction Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer (PTR-TOF-MS), Delhi, India, November 2018

This dataset contains high‑frequency measurements of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and their surface-atmosphere fluxes collected at an urban site in Old Delhi, India. The measurements capture...

Soil physical, chemical, and biological properties (0-1 m) at five long-term grassland-to-woodland land use contrasts across England, 2018-2019

This dataset contains soil chemical, physical and biological properties for up to six soil layers between 0 and 100 cm, measured once at each of the five long-term grassland-to-woodland land use...

Derived global responses of annual river flow to catchment forestation through time, between 1900 and 2018

This dataset reports the responses of annual river flow to forestation in 43 catchments and contains 770 data points. Data shows the change in river flow following forestation at annual time...

Daily soil moisture maps for the UK (2016-2023) at 2 km resolution

The data consist of daily maps of volumetric soil moisture predicted by a model based on a network of cosmic-ray neutron sensors (COSMOS-UK), the National River Flow Archive (NRFA) and...

Microbial enzyme activities under experimental drought and warming at Clocaenog forest and Peaknaze Moor (2012)

This data consist of measurements on soil microbial enzyme activity of six hydrolytic enzymes and related soil measurements from the experimental field sites at Clocaenog forest and Peaknaze....

Micro-organic herbicides data from rivers [LOIS]

Micro-organic herbicide levels in river water for various sites within the Humber and Tweed catchments collected as part of the Land Ocean Interaction Study project (LOIS). The dataset contains...