“Outstanding” Aberystwyth University academic awarded major fellowship
12 May 2025
An Aberystwyth University academic has achieved one of the highest accolades in the geographic field after being made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Global maps of forest carbon released by the European Space Agency
07 May 2025
Aberystwyth University is playing a major role in quantifying the changing distribution of carbon in the World’s forests and their contribution to our changing climate.
Innovative system of ‘listening’ sensors to monitor Greenland ice melt
21 March 2025
Scientists are deploying an early warning system to closely monitor how rapidly the Greenland ice sheet is melting and help predict potential climate tipping points.
Scientists to explore why Everest glacier is warming
20 March 2025
A team of researchers is making final preparations for a trip to Mount Everest in Nepal next month to explore why the ice on one of the mountain’s most iconic glaciers is so close to the melting point.
Plan to protect melting glaciers launched at UN event
19 March 2025
A new plan to slow the melting of the world’s glaciers and protect the life inside them will be launched at a United Nations’ event this week.
Kids celebrate Science Week in Aberystwyth
13 March 2025
Over 1,500 school pupils took part in lively hands-on activities at the University’s annual interactive science exhibition.
New hazard-mapping tool to help safeguard Nepal from natural disasters
06 March 2025
A new online tool could help safeguard communities in Nepal from the dangers posed by natural hazards such as earthquakes, floods and landslides.
Solving the mystery of Egg Rock
05 March 2025
Tŵr Gweno / Egg Rock, on the coast between Aberystwyth and Llanrhystud, was a local landmark and popular tourist attraction in Victorian times. Its disappearance more than a century ago is evidence of our constantly changing coastline but the date of its demise has been a mystery until now, as explained in this article to mark International Geomorphology Week 2025 (3-8 March).