Space Weather

The BGS (British Geological Survey) has issued a rare geomagnetic storm forecast covering the period until midnight UT 23 March. Note that this forecast does not account for the increased activity we saw this afternoon at mid-latitudes, which could have been the storm arriving very early!

BGS: Yesterday afternoon a faint but fast Earth-directed CME was observed. The source was a filament eruption from a central location on the solar disk, associated with a M1 solar flare from a nearby active region.

BGS: Models suggest this may arrive in the first forecast interval (late 22, or early 23). The combination of CME impacts and a high-speed solar wind stream from a coronal hole may result in STORM activity.

BGS: As we are near the equinox, when the Earth is more susceptible to solar activity, it is possible geomagnetic activity could reach STORM G3.
https://geomag.bgs.ac.uk/data_service/space_weather/3dforecast.html

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Full house at An Tobar for last night's geo-event to celebrate 100 years of the Geological Survey's Mull memoir . It went really well. @geologymull and I even got requests to sign posters !#ScottishGeologyFestival #AnTobar #Mull #Geology #BGS

If you're in Tobermory tonight, An Tobar is the place to be! Just setting up for tonight's wee celebration of 100 years since the publication of the Geological Survey's classic memoir on the Mull volcanic complex. #Geology#IgneousPetrology #basalt #BGS

If AC/DC wrote 'Stayin' Alive' #youtube #video #wacky #music #song #rotation #lol #acdc #bgs #1970s #hardrock #mashup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaIPg34EAgQ

there should be some kind of automated Ship's Log in Starfield that keeps track of where you've been. took off from x, entered orbit around y, landed at poi z, that kind of thing. as it is if you fly around a lot it's too easy to lose track of where you've been. #Starfield #VideoGames #BethesdaGameStudios #PCGaming #Xbox #BGS #CRPG

has anyone ever figured out what that Tower Key you find in the Pipeline Control Tower unlocks? #Starfield #VideoGames #PCGaming #BethesdaGameStudios #PCGaming #Xbox #BGS #CRPG

#MinCup23 cacoxenite vs kyanite: #VoteKyanite Here's a massively chonky block of Dalradian kyanite (maybe 40cm long) from Shetland, on display at the #BGS Lyell Centre in Edinburgh. #Geology #Shetland #Kyanite Lovely!

Attn #UK #Conservation, #History, #Geology, #StoneMason, #Architecture, & #Surveyor peeps!

Together w #BritishGeologicalSurvey, #HistoricEngland has launched a #BuildingStones #database for #England, the country's first online searchable tool featuring over 4,000 types of building stone, their uses & sources, with 45 illustrated guides to the distinctive stone buildings, geology, & #quarries that define local areas.

#BGS #GIS #England #Heritage #Lithology #Histodon

https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/technical-advice/buildings/building-stones-england

Interesting to see the #BGS #seismogram for last night's #earthquake in south #Wales.

https://earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/20230224235706.html#page=seismogram

I forget to add hashtags in my introduction, hi I'm Paul Denton #seismologist from #rutland UK, ex of #BGS and university of #leicester I like #sailing and am interested in #citizenscience and #scicomm as well as #seismology #earthquakes #Volcanos . I spent some time running the UK #schoolseismology network and follow #LeicesterCity FC where I measured #footyquakes. I became obsessed with #slinky but have moved on to #lego as my preferred medium for building seismometers.

Bernard Diedhiou is an akonting player from the Casamance region of Senegal. This is the second in a series of short music documentaries I've been working on. https://youtube.com/watch?v=g5ugNfE2Pa8 #senegal #westafrica #akonting #musicdocumentary #BGS #BlackVoices #BlackMusicMonth #rootscultureredefined #musicofsenegal