Declan Valters

BGS is looking for a Seismic Network Engineer! Are you interested in geophysics, electronics, or IT systems? Help us maintain and advance our network of seismic monitoring stations. Lots of fieldwork, based from our Edinburgh office. fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

BGS is looking for a Seismic Network Engineer! Are you interested in geophysics, electronics, or IT systems? Help us maintain and advance our network of seismic monitoring stations. Lots of fieldwork, based from our Edinburgh office. fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Next 24hrs - ACTIVE to STORM. A CME associated with a filament eruption observed on 14-Aug is expected to arrive today. Geomagnetic activity levels up to STORM G2 are possible.

Hello! 👋 We’re the Geomagnetism Team from the British Geological Survey. We’ll be posting a daily geomagnetic forecast here, along with occasional aurora alerts when we’re expecting a geomagnetic storm. We’ll also keep you updated on the team’s research and new developments.

Queuing round the block to vote in Gorgie! #Holyrood2026 #ScotlandElects #GorgieElects

Applications for our Geomagnetism Engineer close this Thursday 5th March. Sensors, Programming, Fieldwork, Geophysics !! This could be you 👇🧲🧲🌍🧲🧲👇

Finally found an excuse to ride the X40 (the bus that goes on the bypass). 45mph in a double decker!

Do you like fieldwork and understanding the Earth's magnetic field? Have electronics and/or programming skills? We have the job for you! We are looking for a Geomagnetic instrumentation and field engineer to based in Edinburgh, but with travel across the UK and potentially overseas. 🧲🧭🌍⛏️

Do you like fieldwork and understanding the Earth's magnetic field? Have electronics and/or programming skills? We have the job for you! We are looking for a Geomagnetic instrumentation and field engineer to based in Edinburgh, but with travel across the UK and potentially overseas. 🧲🧭🌍⛏️

It's #HeartUnionsWeek this week and you can join Prospect and get 3 months free membership if you join before the end of the week. @prospectunion.bsky.social represents us in @ukri.org and also a range of other technical and professional industries. prospect.org.uk/join/

It's #HeartUnionsWeek this week and you can join Prospect and get 3 months free membership if you join before the end of the week. @prospectunion.bsky.social represents us in @ukri.org and also a range of other technical and professional industries. prospect.org.uk/join/

Did you see the Aurora displays this week? If so we'd love to see your photos! Thanks to Karl Thurlow for sharing these images with us, taken in Aviemore on Tuesday. Did you know BGS monitor geomagnetic activity and have an alert service? please visit: geomag.bgs.ac.uk/education/cu...

🚨 Aurora alert! 🚨 A geomagnetic storm is expected over the next 48 hours due to the expected arrival of a coronal mass ejection that left the Sun on 18th January. View the full forecast: geomag.bgs.ac.uk/data_service... 📷 Aurora borealis over Aviemore - credit: J Orsi

The fast (~1400 km/s) CME that launched yesterday is forecast to arrive sometime Tues. Probably during the day in the UK, so not great for aurora. But there's a fast solar wind stream near Earth, and the precise location/timing of that could really change the CME propagation.

Geologists at BGS have completed a major update to the geological map of the Yorkshire Wolds that will help to improve regional understanding of both the aquifer and the groundwater resources, and may assist in reducing risks to specific water supply assets. www.bgs.ac.uk/news/new-geo...

Seismologists at BGS have published data on the number of seismic events over the past 12 months. With over 300 earthquakes recorded, data shows 2025 was an above average year for earthquakes across the UK. www.bgs.ac.uk/news/perth-a...

‘Three norths’ set to leave England and not return for hundreds of years 🧭 The historic alignment of true, magnetic, and grid north is set to leave England, three years after they combined in the country for the first time since records began. www.bgs.ac.uk/news/three-n...

stuck key is free !! No locksmith call out and saves cutting 24 tenement keys plus new barrel 🔑🔑🔑

why is it called fun size twix when it's the least fun size a twix can be?

Very Manchester-appropriate parallel file system! 🐝🐝 #CoSEC #ciuk

the joys of a cable-operated clutch! 🫠

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...

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...

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...