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With the passing of Erik Hauri, DCO has lost one of its most dedicated and effective leaders.
A research group led by Susan Lang and William Brazelton embark on a new expedition to the Lost City hydrothermal field. The researchers will investigate the microbial food chain and the geochemical…
The organic carbon leftover from microbes colonizing cracks in the seafloor along mid-ocean ridges or deriving from abiotic reactions, independent of life, affects the minerals and the metals that…
When arc volcanoes and hotspot volcanoes erupt, they each have a distinct metal “signature” that can be detected in the volcanic gases. This signature arises from differences in how magma forms in…
Deep carbon science played a prominent role in the 2018 Goldschmidt conference, which took place in Boston from 13-17 August 2018.
The Most Unknown, a new film that celebrates science, features nine scientists interviewing each other about their research and the mysteries that keep them searching for answers.
Directly following a massive and prolonged series of volcanic eruptions about 250 million years ago, the end-Permian Extinction began; the most severe die-off in Earth’s history. An analysis of rocks…
DCO researchers aim to make highly accurate estimates of volatile compounds entering and escaping the subduction zone on the North Island of New Zealand, where the oceanic Hikurangi Plateau sinks…
A small and interconnected microbial community lives in deep shales. The microbes persist in the salty fluid-filled cracks created by hydraulic fracturing. They survive by consuming amino acids such…
Researchers showed that under the intense temperatures and pressures that exist close to the core-mantle boundary, carbon dioxide can exist as a covalently bonded, extended crystalline form called…
A new grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation will support an international initiative, led by Kerstin Lehnert (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, USA), to establish an international cross-…