Adapting to Extremes, Managing the Shallow
This talk examines groundwater challenges and pathways to sustainable, climate-resilient water supplies in a warming world, highlighting strategies to safeguard this vital resource.
Adapting to Extremes, Managing the Shallow
14 Oct 2025, 16:00 – 17:00
Join us for this week’s Physical Geography Seminar, featuring Professor Richard Taylor (UCL Geography). His talk explores groundwater challenges and pathways to sustainable, climate-resilient water supplies in a warming world.
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Catch up on Professor Richard Taylor’s talk, Adapting to Extremes, Managing the Shallow. He discusses groundwater challenges in a warming world and explores strategies for sustainable, climate-resilient water management to safeguard vital water resources.
Professor Taylor examines how climate change is affecting groundwater resources in Tropical Africa and South Asia. The seminar focuses on strategies to secure sustainable and climate-resilient water supplies, highlighting adaptation approaches that protect this vital resource in a warming world.
Richard Taylor is a Professor of Hydrogeology at UCL Geography, specialising in groundwater systems, climate change adaptation, and sustainable water management. He has led international research consortia across tropical Africa and South Asia and contributed to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report and the UN World Water Development Report 2022.
"My research seeks to inform solutions to sustain equitable access to water for drinking and irrigation in low-income countries in the tropics most affected by global change."
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UCL Physical Geography Seminar Series – weekly on Tuesdays or Wednesdays, 4–5pm, NWW 305
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