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Researchers used cutting-edge molecular methods to describe a group of subseafloor microbes that thrive in the hot, oxygen-free fluids flowing through Earth’s crust.
The Geological Society of London has designated 2019 as the “Year of Carbon.” Throughout the year, the Society will explore the geoscience of carbon through research conferences, public lectures,…
Highlights of DCO activities in 2018 are captured in a presentation prepared by the DCO Secretariat.
Using rocks erupted from San Cristóbal volcano, researchers analyzed the contents of shrinkage bubbles inside melt inclusions, which form within olivine crystals as they cool inside rising volcanic…
Researchers propose that a planetary body the size of Mars crashed into early Earth, simultaneously delivering a mix of volatile elements necessary for life and creating the Moon. The hypothesis is…
Using high-temperature and high-pressure experiments, researchers have determined the conditions causing calcium carbonate to take the form of calcite, aragonite, or a liquid. This represents a major…
The 29th Goldschmidt Conference will take place at the Center Convencions Internacional Barcelona (CCIB) in Barcelona, Spain, from 18-23 August 2019.
New tools that detect heavier forms of methane with “clumped isotopologues” can indicate a gas sample’s source and the temperature when it formed. More studies, however, will be needed to tease apart…
More than 28,000 scientists gathered in the US capital for the 2018 AGU Fall Meeting. As in past years, deep carbon science featured prominently throughout the conference, with DCO researchers…
For the first time, scientists have drilled deep into the Deccan Traps, a giant, 65-million-year-old lava flow in Western India, and the 2.5 billion-year-old rock beneath. DCO scientists from Indian…
EarthByte researchers combined their model of plate tectonics with records of carbonate layers logged from cores collected during scientific ocean drilling expeditions. Together, these resources…