Articles by GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Until now, certain biomarkers, the "protosteroids," have been overlooked as fossil witnesses to primordial life

Radiocarbon measurements on the remains of 42,000-year-old New Zealand kauri trees provide the basis for better calibration of geological archives of this period

In recently published findings, scientists show how one of the largest mass extinctions in Earth's history unfolded

The team led by Sami Nabhan of the Freie Universität Berlin studied ancient rock formations from South Africa's Barberton greenstone belt

In Western Europe, only a few small areas remain where the night sky remains relatively unpolluted, including areas in Scotland, Sweden, Norway, and parts of Spain and Austria