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æ Sager, C., Airo, A., Mangelsdorf, K., Arens, F.L., Karger, C., Schulze‐Makuch, D. (2023). Habitability of Polygonal Soils in the Hyper‐Arid Atacama Desert After a Simulated Rain Experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 128(4), e2022JG007328. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JG007328

æ Anderson, J., Sager, C., Airo, A., Miedtank, A., Schwonke, F., Feige, J. (2024). Exploring Polygonal Patterned Grounds in the Hyper-arid Atacama Desert: Insights into Formation Mechanisms and Implications for Martian Analogues. EPSC Abstracts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2024-1115

æ Arens, F.L., Airo, A., Sager, C., Grossart, H.P., Mangelsdorf, K., Meckenstock, R.U., Pannekens, M., Schmitt-Kopplin, P., Uhl, J., Valenzuela, B., Zamorano, P., Zoccarato, L., Schulze-Makuch, D. (2024). Microbial response to deliquescence of nitrate-rich soils in the hyperarid Atacama Desert. Biogeosciences, 21(22), 5305-5320. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-5305-2024

æ Arens, F.L., Feige, J., Airo, A., Sager, C., Hecht, L., Horstmann, L., Kaufmann, F.E., Lachner, J., Neumann, T., Nowaczyk, N., Schiperski, F., Steier, P., Stoll, A., Struck, U., Valenzuela, B., Von Blanckenburg, F., Wittmann, H., Wacker, L., Wagner, D., Zamorano, P., Schulze-Makuch, D. (2024). Climate variability in a 3.8 Ma old sedimentary record from the hyperarid Atacama Desert. Global and Planetary Change, 242, 104576. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104576

æ Horstmann, L., Lipus, D., Bartholomäus, A., Arens, F., Airo, A., Ganzert, L., Zamorano, P., Schulze-Makuch, D., Wagner, D. (2024). Persistent microbial communities in hyperarid subsurface habitats of the Atacama Desert: Insights from intracellular DNA analysis. PNAS Nexus, 3(4), pgae123. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae123

æ Arens, F.L., Airo, A., Sager, C., Grossart, H.P., Mangelsdorf, K., Meckenstock, R.U., Pannekens, M., Schmitt-Kopplin, P., Uhl, J., Valenzuela, B., Zamorano, P., Zoccarato, L., Schulze-Makuch, D. (2024). Microbial response to deliquescence of nitrate-rich soils in the hyperarid Atacama Desert. EGU General Assembly 2024 Abstracts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-1859

æ Miedtank, A., Airo, A., Hecht, L., Fenski, C., Feige, J. (2025). Micrometeorite Diversity in a Time-Resolved Sedimentary Record from the Atacama Desert – A Key to Understanding Solar System Events. Goldschmidt2025 abstracts, 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7185/gold2025.32037

æ Schwarze, P., Igel, J., Arrué, B.B., Sager, C., Airo, A., Feige, J. (2025). Mapping and Modelling of Sand Wedge Polygons in Saline Alluvial Sediments in the Atacama Desert Using Ground-Penetrating Radar. 2025 13th International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR), 1-4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/IWAGPR65621.2025.11109047

æ Arens, F., Uhl, J., Schmitt‐Kopplin, P., Karger, C., Mangelsdorf, K., Sager, C., Airo, A., Valenzuela, B., Zamorano, P., Schulze‐Makuch, D. (2025). Exploring organic compound preservation through long-term in situ experiments in the Atacama desert and the relevance for Mars.. Scientific Reports, 15, Article number: 29957 (2025). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-16197-w

æ Fenski, C., Feige, J., Airo, A., Miedtank, A. (2025). Constraining the Cosmic Origin of Micrometeorites from the Atacama Desert, Chile. Goldschmidt2025 abstracts, 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7185/gold2025.31799