£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.

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.

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.