STORIES AND EXPEDITIONS

ERC Consolidator Grant DeepSeep

The ERC Consolidator Grant "DeepSeep" officially starts on June 1st, 2021. The project aims at investigating the genesis of deep hydrogen and abiotic methane through the process of high-pressure serpentinization in subduction zones. "By bridging the two most striking peculiarities of Earth, subduction and life, DeepSeep has the potential for transformative discoveries, with long-term implications for global C cycle modeling, climatology, and the emergence and search for life on Earth and beyond."

First facility just installed: NewTec Scientific "Cathodyne" optical cathodoluminescence:

The Cathodyne provides an ideal means to image carbonate zonations as markers of deep carbon processes