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This decadal report details remarkable scientific advancements in the understanding of deep carbon—how much exists and where, how it moves, what forms it takes, and where it originated—made by an international community of 1200 scientists from 55 nations, who came together over the last decade to explore these questions. ...
A new book, Deep Carbon: Past to Present, compiles 10 years of DCO research. The volume serves as a comprehensive reference on the quantities, movements, forms, and origins of carbon in Earth through deep time, for graduate students and scientists in related fields....
Just in time for the “Year of Carbon,” DCO Executive Director Robert Hazen has published a sweeping history of carbon: Symphony in C: Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything....
Nature has published a special collection of DCO research that previously appeared in Nature journals. Many of the papers and commissioned review articles will be freely available for one year after the collection’s release....
A stunning three-minute video captures the excitement, difficulties, and physical challenges of trying to figure out how Earth works. Made possible by the efforts of more than 1200 scientists in 55 countries, the Deep Carbon Observatory investigated the quantities, movements, forms, and origins of carbon deep within Earth’s interior over the last decade. Join in the adventure. ...
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Learn more about DCO's integrative approach, which emphasized cross-disciplinary research activities in data science, instrumentation, field studies, and modeling and visualization, or discover deep carbon research by exploring DCO books, special issues, and journal articles. To become involved in current initiatives, visit DCO here.
From 2009-2019, Deep Carbon Observatory science was categorized into four broad theme-based communities. These communities provided a flexible research framework in which DCO scientists could be part of multiple communities and collaborate with colleagues across community boundaries.
