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![Professor Jonathan Chambers. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/jonathon-chambers.webp)
New BGS Chief Scientist for multi-hazards and resilience announced
Prof Jonathan Chambers has been appointed as the new BGS Chief Scientist for multi-hazards and resilience, effective from 1 June 2024.
![St Andrew's House, Edinburgh, Scotland. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/st-andrews-house-edinburgh-p1038355.webp)
BGS scientist announced as Scottish Government policy fellow
BGS geohazard scientist Roxana Ciurean has been named amongst new policy fellows for the Scottish Government.
![Thousand-Island Lake in the Central Mountain Range of Taiwan. The lake provides the public water supply for Taiwan’s capital city Taipei. © John Bloomfield](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/thousand-island-lake-Taiwan-feature.webp)
Groundwater in Taiwan under a changing environment
BGS’s groundwater team is part of a project to develop the first groundwater forecasts for Taiwan.
![The team on the boat in the shallow waters surrounding Ascension Island. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/drone-boat-aig.webp)
BGS completes first mapping expedition to Ascension Island
BGS marine geoscientists travelled to Ascension Island to support its government with an ongoing, conservation-driven mapping programme.
![setting-up-two-streamer-traps-of-mixed-sand-and-gravel beach-east-coast-minsmere-cliffs-p1029949](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/setting-up-two-streamer-traps-of-mixed-sand-and-gravel-beach-east-coast-minsmere-cliffs-p1029949-960x645.webp)
BGS to lead new research project on barrier systems to support more sustainable coastal management
Scientists at BGS will lead a new four-year project that will enhance our understanding of gravel barrier systems across the coastlines of the UK.
![Dry River Pang, Hampstead Norreys, Berkshire, during the drought of 2022. BGS © UKRI.](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/dry-river-pang.webp)
BGS publication included in Environment Agency’s review of drought in the UK
A BGS essay on groundwater and drought has been included in the Environment Agency’s review of the research and scientific understanding of drought.
![(L to R) Rebecca Ní Chonchubhair, Kirstin lemon, Paul Wilson, Marie Cowan and Mark Cooper. BGS © UKRI](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/book-launch-NI.jpg)
New book launched on groundwater in Northern Ireland
BGS and the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland (GSNI) have launched a new book and map on Northern Ireland’s groundwater.
![© WaterAid – Jatrabari, Bangladesh – Habibul Haque](https://www.bgs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/1-BG74_010_WaterAid_-Habibul-Haque_web_thumb.jpg)
World Water Day 2023: groundwater photo stories
A showcase of groundwater use from around the world highlighting how developing groundwater has benefited the lives of many people.