Himalayan flash floods: climate change worsens them, but poor planning makes them deadly
28 August 2025
Writing in The Conversation, Dr Himalayan floods are natural, but poor planning turns rain into disaster. Reading the land could save lives.
Welsh mine microbes mapped to help heat homes
26 August 2025
Welsh scientists have mapped the hidden microbes thriving in south Wales’s abandoned coal mines, helping to overcome obstacles to using mine water to heat Britain’s homes.
Geographer honoured for outstanding research and teaching
11 August 2025
Aberystwyth geographer, Dr Cerys Jones, has received an award for her exceptional contribution to scientific research and Welsh-medium teaching.
Perito Moreno became the world’s first superstar glacier – but now it’s set to disappear
08 August 2025
Writing in The Conversation, Professor Neil Glasser discusses how one of Patagonia’s few stable glaciers is now on the verge of collapse.
Humans not glaciers moved bluestones from Wales to Stonehenge – new research
29 July 2025
The renowned bluestone boulders of Stonehenge were transported from Pembrokeshire to Salisbury Plain by humans and not glaciers as previously claimed, according to new scientific research.
Rob McCallum awarded Honorary Doctorate
15 July 2025
Internationally acclaimed deep sea explorer Rob McCallum has been bestowed with an Honorary Doctorate degree by Aberystwyth University.
£20,000 grant opportunity for rural Welsh communities to drive change
09 July 2025
Rural communities across Wales are invited to apply for a new £20,000 grant to explore ideas that could help shape a better future for their area.
“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.