GOE-DEEP Drilling Project - Sampling Party in Trondheim, Norway

From 05 - 28 October a team of international scientists is gathering in Trondheim, Norway, to take samples from eight boreholes drilled in 2025. During the first week alone, approximately 2,000 samples have already been collected.

GOE-DEEP aims to significantly increase our understanding of Paleoproterozoic Earth history by drilling up to 11 boreholes in the Franceville Basin of Gabon, likely the best-preserved archive of Paleoproterozoic sedimentary rocks globally. It is during this critical time in Earth history that the oxygenation of the atmosphere and upper layers of the oceans and evolution of aerobic microbial ecosystems take place.

Find more info on the project here. See the Daily News here.