Archive of the iron/oxygen cycle: This black shale from the Late Devonian, a period within the Paleozoic, is a form of sedimentary rock that reflects paleo-environmental conditions.

More iron on the seafloor means less oxygen in the ocean and atmosphere – or at least, that has long been a common assumption in the...

An international research team, including scientists from the University of Hamburg, has identified fossils of bryozoans from the Early Cambrian period for the first time. The exceptionally well-preserved specimens demonstrate that this group of animals existed as early as 520 million years ago—and that the formation of...

Auf dem diesjährigen Nordic Geological Wintermeeting in Turku, Finnland, wurde Louisa Bahr für ihren Beitrag über die Analyse von Scherbrüchen des IODP-ICDP Bohrkerns des Chicxulub-Kraters mit dem Best Student Poster Award ausgezeichnet. Der Posterpreis, der mit einer finanziellen Zuwendung verbunden ist, ist umso...