New research shows that the Benito Glacier in northern Patagonia has thinned by 133 metres in the past 44 years.
The study was carried out by a team of international researchers, including glaciologists from the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at Aberystwyth University.
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New study shows significant thinning of Patagonian glacier
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Celebrate the Year of the Sea on Europe Day at Aberystwyth Bandstand
Aberystwyth University and the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW) will mark Europe Day on Wednesday 9 May 2018 with an exhibition of marine research at Aberystwyth Bandstand.
Open to the public between 10am and 2pm, the exhibition will feature
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Aberystwyth cheerleaders all set for an American odyssey
Aberystwyth University students will take on the best in the world of cheerleading when they head to the USA next week.
Aberystwyth Tarannau Cheerleaders members Imogen Wild and Chris Welter have been selected to compete at the United States All Star Federation (USASF) Cheerleading
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Computer Science department launches creative coding contest
Aberystwyth University’s Computer Science Department is calling on primary school pupils across Wales to take part in a unique coding competition combining poetry, Welsh mythology and creative computing.
The challenge to children aged 7-11 years old includes animating a poem by Eurig Salisbury, a
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Professor Richard Wyn Jones to deliver O’Donnell Lecture in Aberystwyth
Professor Richard Wyn Jones will deliver the University of Wales O’Donnell Lecture 2018 at Aberystwyth University on Monday 30 April 2018.
Under the title ‘Cenhedloedd, Cenedlaetholdebau a Gwleidyddiaeth y Deyrnas Gyfunol’(Nations, Nationalisms and Politics of the United Kingdom), the lecture will consider the