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Evolutionary rise of deep-rooting forests and enhanced chemical weathering: Quantitative investigations into the current paradigm (NERC grant NE/J007897/1)

The co-evolution and geographical spread of trees and deep-rooting systems is widely proposed to represent the 'Devonian engine' of global change that drove the weathering of soil minerals and...

Development Pipeline - Current

Records all sites of new buildings and refurbishments over 1000 sq m in the development pipeline at the time of the last development survey (end of March/September). More detail provided in the...

Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) UK aerial surveys of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) and grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) during the summer harbour seal moult 2016-2019

The Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) conducts an ongoing programme of aerial surveys along the English and Scottish coastlines during the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) summer moult. These surveys...

Historic Standardised Precipitation Index time series for IHU Hydrometric Areas (1862-2015) v2

Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI) data for Integrated Hydrological Units (IHU) Hydrometric Areas (Kral et al., 2015; https://doi.org/10.5285/3a4e94fc-4c68-47eb-a217-adee2a6b02b3). SPI is a...

Historic Standardised Precipitation Index time series for IHU Groups (1862-2015) v2

Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI) data for Integrated Hydrological Units (IHU) groups (Kral et al., 2015; https://doi.org/10.5285/f1cd5e33-2633-4304-bbc2-b8d34711d902). SPI is a drought index...

Photos, XRF elements, total N and C, and isotopic data (d18O, d13C) from Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 225 cores, central Red Sea

Photographs, 18O/16O isotopic ratios, XRF-derived elemental and N, C concentration data are provided for sediment cores from Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 225, central Red Sea. This site was...

Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalt (MORB) Hafnium isotope data and eclogite trace element maps

Whole rock Hafnium (Hf) isotope data for mid-oceanic ridge basalt (MORB) samples from the Reykjanes ridge, Arctic Ocean, Equatorial MAR, South MAR, SEIR. The Hf isotope results are not yet...

The impact of mineral dissolution on drainage relative permeability and residual trapping in two carbonate rocks

Carbon dioxide (CO2) injection into deep saline aquifers is governed by a number of physico-chemical processes including mineral dissolution and precipitation, multiphase fluid flow, and capillary...

Micro-structural images and analysis of Chicxulub Peak Ring material and Numerical Simulation Data of the Chicxulub Impact (NERC grant NE/P011195/1)

The data within this repository contains results from IODP-ICDP Expedition 364 which drilled the Peak Ring of the Chicxulub Crater, offshore Mexico. The offshore phase of this expedition occurred...

Historic Environment Records - Scotland

HERs (Historic Environment Records) developed out of SMRs (Sites and Monuments Records). SMRs were established from the 1960s onwards in response to the loss of the archaeological resource through...

Cancer Registration: Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Tumours (2000 - 2017)

National Cancer Registration And Analysis Service (NCRAS). (2020). Cancer Registration: Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer (2000 - 2017). Public Health England....

Obesogens in Scottish grey seals 2015-2018

The impacts of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are assessed in fat tissue (blubber) using live explant samples from young grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) on the east coast of Scotland. The...

Organic matter composition (isotopic composition and biomarker characterisation) from Lake Paringa and soils from Westland, New Zealand (NERC Grant NE/P013538/1)

The dataset contains geochemical measurements which quantify the amount and source of carbon in organic matter of sediments from Lake Paringa, New Zealand. Measurements were made on a 6 m sediment...

Meteorological Data from BGS Virkisjökull-Falljökull Glacier Observatory, 2009-2020

This dataset presents meteorological records from 3 weather stations around a glacier in southeast Iceland from 2009-2020. The weather stations were installed as part of British Geological Survey’s...

Dyke-induced fault and pit crater measurements and predicted dyke properties offshore NW Australia (NERC Grant NNE/R014086/1)

There are two components to this dataset: (1) fault analyses used to estimate underlying dyke properties, imaged in 3D seismic reflection data; and (2) dimension measurements and calculations of...

Habitat point records from 1986-87 OPRU/MNCR Shetland, Foula and Fair Isle survey

The Shetland Islands are Britain's most northerly extremity and have a long, complex coastline with numerous islands, sheltered inlets and tide-swept channels. They lie at the confluence of the...

Habitat point records from 1987 Wood Flamborough Head sublittoral survey

Flamborough Headland is a Heritage Coast and SSSI, noted not only for its dramatic scenery and geological formations, but also for the colonies of seabirds that breed on the cliffs. It is the most...

Species point records from 1986-87 OPRU/MNCR Shetland, Foula and Fair Isle survey

The Shetland Islands are Britain's most northerly extremity and have a long, complex coastline with numerous islands, sheltered inlets and tide-swept channels. They lie at the confluence of the...

Species point records from 1987 Wood Flamborough Head sublittoral survey

Flamborough Headland is a Heritage Coast and SSSI, noted not only for its dramatic scenery and geological formations, but also for the colonies of seabirds that breed on the cliffs. It is the most...

Biodiversity Hotspots for Planning

Dataset last updated: 2nd December 2025 This dataset provides indicative areas of biodiversity hotspots in Greater London, identified by research and data analysis using methods derived from the...