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A new study uses computer simulations and spectroscopic techniques to look at how water molecules interact with the mantle mineral olivine.
Researchers compiled hundreds of studies of the types and numbers of microbes living in the terrestrial subsurface and carefully scaled the results to come up with estimates of the total number and…
Barely living "zombie" bacteria and other forms of life constitute an immense amount of carbon deep within Earth's subsurface—245 to 385 times greater than the carbon mass of all humans on the…
DCO has selected two early career scientists as recipients of the 2018 Emerging Leader Awards.
On 30 October 2018 the new International Center for Deep Life Investigation held its inaugural symposium at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, followed by the Deep Life Community's final all hands…
A new analysis of ancient rocks that once lay on the floor of the Tethys Sea finds clusters of organic compounds associated with minerals from serpentinites. Thermodynamic calculations had predicted…
The Synthesizing Science Series: Scientists share stories about how they are pushing boundaries as they unlock the mysteries of deep Earth.
Researchers compiled and digitized records of global carbon dioxide leaks to show that carbon dioxide escapes in areas where plate tectonics open cracks in the crust.
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is supporting two new deep carbon science projects. “Carbon Down Under” and “Carbon Mineral Evolution” will grow the deep carbon science community and its scientific…
A close-up look at minerals in Martian meteorites shows that complex organic compounds formed not from life, but from electrochemical reactions similar to the ones that occur in a battery.
A new study finds that when certain rocks below the seafloor interact with seawater and undergo serpentinization, they can create amino acids. These serpentinizing rocks were common in early Earth’s…