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The Deep Time Data-Driven Discovery group is a coalition of researchers seeking to answer questions about the evolution of planetary systems through data science tools.

An analysis of bits of magma inside olivine crystals from 3.3 billion-year-old rocks suggests that ocean crust was already being recycled back into the subsurface then. The discovery points to an…

"This decade of discovery has laid a strong foundation for deep carbon science continuing well beyond 2019."

A collection of papers on "Deep Matter and Energy" highlights the role of deep volatiles in mediating major Earth processes and spans a broad range of deep carbon science.

The Materials of the Universe Workshop brought together experts from astrophysics, planetary science, physics, chemistry, biology, materials science and engineering to define grand questions and…

A special collection of papers focused on “Carbon Degassing Through Volcanoes and Active Tectonic Regions” brings together discoveries from the DECADE (Deep Earth Carbon Degassing) initiative and…

An analysis of crystals in volcanic rocks suggests that during Iceland’s Borgarhraun eruption, magma ascended rapidly from the base of the crust, reaching the surface in just days to weeks.

During DCO’s Carbon Mineral Challenge, launched in 2015, mineralogists identified 30 new carbon-containing minerals. More than 100 carbon minerals likely remain undiscovered, however, and more than…

A large contingent of DCO researchers will participate in Goldschmidt 2019 on 18–23 August 2019 in Barcelona, Spain.

Wikipedia contains 1.5 million citations and drives more traffic to online scholarly articles than all but five other websites. By getting involved as a Wikipedia editor, deep carbon scientists can…

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