What made Earth a habitable planet?
Our research group focuses on studying the interactions between the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere with the biosphere over geological timescales, as interpreted from rocks, minerals, and meteorites. Using advanced analytical techniques in isotope geochemistry, we explore a range of topics, from the formation of terrestrial planets in the early Solar System to the evolution of Earth's earliest surface environments where life may have originated and evolved. Furthermore, we investigate the mineralisation processes of minerals crucial for a sustainable future. Central to our work is our collection of over 90,000 specimens, which, along with our developing analytical infrastructure for geochemical methods, forms the heart of our work.
Related collections
Contact person
- Management Museum of Nature Hamburg - Mineralogy
Phone: +49 40 238317 808
E-Mail: s.peters@leibniz-lib.de
Projects
There are currently no projects available
Publications
| of
2024/12
Oxygen isotope identity of the Earth and Moon with implications for the formation of the Moon and source of volatiles
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 52, 121
2024/10
German Barcode of Life, Entdeckung und Beschreibung neuer Arten
2024/10
The ASV Registry: a place for ASVs to be
Metabarcoding and Metagenomics, 8
2024/9
The anomalous polymict ordinary chondrite breccia of Elmshorn (‐6)—Late reaccretion after collision between two ordinary chondrite parent bodies, complete disruption, and mixing possibly about 2.8 Gyr ago
Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 9, 59
2024/8
Integrative characterisation of the Northwestern European species of Anacharis Dalman, 1823 (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Figitidae) with the description of three new species
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 97
2024/8
Exkursion in den Kaukasus: Der CaBOL BioBlitz 2022 in Armenien und Georgien
2024/6
Preserving morphology while extracting DNA: a non-destructive field-to-museum protocol for slide-mounted specimens
Biodiversity Data Journal, 12
2024/3
Leibniz Research Network Biodiversity. (2024). 10 Must Knows from Biodiversity Science 2024 (Version 1). Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
2023/11
Metabarcoding dietary analysis in the insectivorous bat Nyctalus leisleri and implications for conservation
Biodiversity Data Journal, 11
2023/9
Saint‐Pierre‐le‐Viger (L5‐6) from asteroid 2023 CX1recovered in the Normandy, France—220 years after the historic fall of L'Aigle (L6 breccia) in the neighborhood
10, 58
2023/5
Another crack in the Dark Taxa wall: a custom DNA barcoding protocol for the species-rich and common Eurytomidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea)
Biodiversity Data Journal, 11
2023/0
DNA-basierte Biodiversitätsanalysen im Natur-und Umweltschutz: Welche Optionen haben wir für eine Standardisierung?: eine Handlungsempfehlung aus Forschung und Praxis
2022/12
Diversität von Kleinsäugern im nördlichen Teil des Nationalparks Unteres Odertal
2022/8
The chondrite breccia of Antonin (L4‐5)—A new meteorite fall from Poland with a heterogeneous distribution of metal
12, 57
2022/8
Melanism in monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanidae), with a first case in the Nile Monitor, Varanus (Polydaedalus) niloticus (Squamata: Varanidae)
Herpetology notes, 15
2021/12
Über Schweine – gelöste und ungelöste Fragen aus Südamerika. – Koenigiana 15(2): 87-96
Koenigiana, 2, 15
2021/12
Aktualisierung unserer Kenntnisse über die Kleinsäugergemeinschaften im Nationalpark Unteres Odertal
2021/9
Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of the Hybomys division (Muridae: Murinae: Arvicanthini), rodents endemic to Africa's rainforests
2, 70
2021/9
Tight bounds on missing late veneer in early Archean peridotite from triple oxygen isotopes
Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 18
2021/5
A survey of small mammals in the Volta Region of Ghana with comments on zoogeography and conservation
Zoosystema, 14, 43
2021/1
Alarming decline of bovids in Kasanka National Park, Zambia: A case study of the puku antelope ( Kobus vardonii )
2, 59
2020/9
A phylogeny for AfricanPipistrellusspecies with the description of a new species from West Africa (Mammalia: Chiroptera)
2, 191
2020/0
GBOL III: Dark Taxa–die dritte Phase der German Barcode of Life Initiative hat begonnen
Koenigiana, 2, 14
2020/0
GBOL III: Dark taxa: Researchers launch new BIOSCAN project that aims to illuminate thousands of new insect species on Germany's doorstep
Barcode bulletin, 10
2019/10
A New Genus and Species of Vesper Bat from West Africa, with Notes on Hypsugo, Neoromicia, and Pipistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)
Acta Chiropterologica, 1, 21
