Researchers were able to reconstruct the composition of the early Earth's atmosphere with the help of oxygen isotopes in micrometeorites. The work, which was recently published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, was carried out in cooperation between the University of Göttingen, Ruhr University Bochum, The Open University in England, the University of Pisa and Leibniz University Hannover (IESW, Geochemistry working group). More information is available here:
- Press report of the LUH: Online Aktuell
- Article in Nature Communications Earth & Environment: Zahnow, F., Suttle, M.D., Lazarov, M. et al. Traces of the oxygen isotope composition of ancient air in fossilized cosmic dust. Commun Earth Environ 6, 577 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02541-5
