Sediment cores obtained from Eifel maar sites provide insight into the presence of large Ice Age mammals in Central Europe over the past 60,000 years: Overkill hypothesis not confirmed. Herds of ...

Location of the approximately 500 seismic stations that were installed in the Eifel region between September 2022 and August 2023 as part of the “Large-N Experiment” in order to obtain the highest ...

Several hundred volcanoes lie dormant beneath the Eifel in western Germany. They are typical examples of what is known as distributed volcanic fields. To better understand their formation and activity ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An ancient volcanic region nestled between some of Europe's most densely populated areas may be reawakening, geologists ...

New research published in Geophysical Journal International warns that there may be a volcano lurking under west-central Germany. While the last volcanic eruption in this region occurred 13,000 years ...

Researchers at Heidelberg University are studying the formation of this characteristically blue-colored crystal in volcanic melts Sapphires are among the most precious gems, yet they consist solely of ...

An ancient European volcanic region may pose both a greater long-term volcanic risk and seismic risk to northwestern Europe than scientists had realized, geophysicists report. The densely populated ...

Herds of megafauna, such as mammoth and bison, have roamed the prehistoric plains in what is today's Central Europe for several tens of thousands of years. As woodland expanded at the end of the last ...