nothing more BBC than the BBC approaching the BBC for comment

We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm. Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.

£15 Edinburgh - Aviemore on the Ember electric bus ! (£56 on the train, exactly same time, 2hrs59 mins)

A weak spot in the Earth’s magnetic field has nearly doubled in surface area since 2014. BGS Geophysicist Ciarán Beggan appeared on @earthskyscience.bsky.social's podcast to explain why this is happening, and what the consequences might be. Watch the full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=az8K...

Five new sensors being installed across the UK will provide full national coverage of the magnetic field for the first time. The quantum magnetometer sensors will improve our understanding of extreme magnetic storms and associated effects on national infrastructure. www.bgs.ac.uk/news/uk-scie...

Keighley just got a mention on Radio nan Gàidheal! (ann an "Yorkshire an Iar")

French police have released image of prime suspect in Louvre heist 💎🐔

Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage

who designed this thing?? Headlamp bulb behind the fuel lines...need fingers like Rachmaninov to fish it out

New highly sensitive quantum magnetometers are being installed across the UK. These instruments are helping us understand the effects that extreme magnetic storms have on technology and national infrastructure. Read more: www.bgs.ac.uk/news/uk-scie...

Lots of work goes into looking after mountain bothies: MBA trustee Juls Stodel amazingly manages to turn my incoherent rambling into a nice video about some of the work we do: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc4v...

the greatest album ever

feel like I've just cracked Chesser's biggest unsolved case on a stake-out in a '50s film noir 🔊

Escalation ! 🍴

reached the stage of my life where I enter vegetable competitions

OH: "it's kind of aimed at the older demographic, like Millennials" 💀

Earth’s magnetic north pole has recently moved at unprecedented rates. Ciarán Beggan (@bgs.ac.uk) discusses where it may move next, and the implications of such movement for our navigation systems and research. geoscientist.online/sections/fea... #Geoscience #Space #Earth #Geomagnetics #Geology

Happy weekend everyone. Tell your friends you love them.

We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers. The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.

Interested in joining a world-leading geological organisation? We have two vacancies available: 🌱 Organic geochemist 📋 Administrator / business assistant Keep updated on these and all of our latest vacancies over on our jobs page: www.bgs.ac.uk/about-bgs/wo...

Some Yorkshire geology for Yorkshire Day 💮

joyous 🟡💛

New bus service from Dundee to Aberdeen starting, via Braemar. I really hope this is successful as we get soooo many folk emerge from the Lairig Ghru at Linn o Dee, asking when the buses south are 😉 www.ember.to/news/#new-du...

peak academic/public sector cutlery draw no notes

We're looking for a hydrogeochemist (2-year fixed term). You'll lead a field-based investigation assessing the presence of microplastics in groundwater, planning and leading fieldwork as well as data interpretation and reporting results. More info: www.bgs.ac.uk/download/vac...

think I have found the most expensive bus ticket in Scotland

gonna catch me a wild C programmer with some handy traps

can't park your piano there mate. 🗜️

Retro bus this morning!

I have seen some weird layouts of Edinburgh tenement flats as a result of DIY projects by someone's Uncle 30 years ago that slipped by building control, but never one with a shower door into the living room-cum-kitchen where you could climb through the bath as an alternative access to the room!

Abandoned signage on the old Calder Road

BGS’s geomagnetism portal, holding data for over 570 observatories across the world, has received a significant update. The new portal allows users to plot graphs of geomagnetic data, display availability charts & filter by time or location. Learn more: www.bgs.ac.uk/news/upgrade...

We are hiring 2x Geomagnetic Data Processors to work in the @britgeosurvey.bsky.social Geomagnetism team! Interested in the Earth's magnetic field, space weather, and data systems? Apply! www.careersportal.co.uk/UKRI-careers...

Might be a Baynes convert now, sorry greggs

#FingerpostFriday a few snaps from our reinstallation of a very old cast iron sign in the Pentlands. Thanks to Eastside Farm and volunteers Rod, Declan and Tim for all your help! See the short 🎥 on Instagram - cancel the login prompt if you don't have an account. www.instagram.com/p/DJbtA_0KPIz/

greetings from Das Auto where of course you have to partially remove the front bumper and wheel liner to replace the air filter 🫣

I've found Nirvana and it's drinking ice cold pink lemonade under an Acer tree in Chesser retail park

cheers google

about to buy a fake owl to scare off the seagulls on the roof so I can sleep from May-July 🦉

You might even like it enough that you come back to work for us one day... 👇😎

Northern lights from April 15-16, #Rousay #Orkney - spectacular display with fascinating bands, rays, patches and blobs #aurora

Today’s cherry blossom pic from The Meadows…

NOAA just announced a long list of datasets that are going away🧪⚒️🌊: www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/docume... Download what you need asap and send comments to: [email protected]

Keep your eyes to the sky tomorrow night / early Wednesday morning: we're seeing signals of a G3 (out of 5) geomagnetic storm, which means chances of seeing the aurora are good, assuming clear skies. Keep track here: geomag.bgs.ac.uk/data_service...

Someone tweeted today the Kp index was Katy Perry. Can't get thought out. 😅 Planetary K-index Now: Kp= 4.00 unsettled 24-hr max: Kp= 4.33 unsettled explanation | more data Interplanetary Magnetic Field Btotal: 6.39 nT Bz: -2.70 nT south more data: ACE, DSCOVR Spaceweather.com

how many geological core boxes can you fit in a Lupo

There's a niche joke about the planetary Kp/Katy Perry-index in here somewhere.

A coronal mass ejection is en route from the Sun! This footage from GONG reveals two filaments of plasma erupting on the weekend, the latter of which is predicted to reach Earth tomorrow afternoon/evening. A strong geomagnetic storm (and lower-latitude aurora) is possible.

storm's a-comin, Toto! (Image: NASA SDO/Helioviewer.org)

Amazed to find a website using the pre-1889 Scottish counties