A sequence of small earthquakes was recorded near Newdigate, Surrey, between 1 April 2018 and 28 February 2019.

The Liberal Democrat politician for Orkney Islands, who is also a member of the Scottish Parliament’s Cross-Party Group for Science and Technology, and Convenor of the Cross-Party Group on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, was greeted by Dr Tracy Shimmield, Director of the Lyell Centre.

Methane has been detected at the BGS-University of Manchester air quality monitoring station near Cuadrilla’s shale gas operations at Preston New Road, near Little Plumpton, Lancashire.

The British Geological Survey (BGS) have been actively encouraging the deposit of open data via the Data Deposit Portal for a number of years.

This is the first ‘Recognised Big Science Program’ of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).