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A thematic set of six papers celebrates the science presented at the PhD School of Milano Bicocca, “Carbon forms, paths, and processes in the Earth.” The papers are available in open access format in…
The Deep Carbon Observatory invites all members of the DCO community to submit nominations for the 2019 DCO Emerging Leader Awards.
The Carbon Mineral Challenge has now documented 28 new carbon minerals since the program’s launch in December 2015.
The Geological Society of London’s 2019 Janet Watson meeting brought together 30 early career scientists to celebrate deep carbon science. The annual Janet Watson meeting showcases the research of…
Bacteria living on the surface of the mineral olivine inside a deep, subseafloor aquifer rely on the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway, an ancient type of metabolism that uses hydrogen and carbon dioxide to…
By applying data science techniques to the fossil record, researchers have found evidence for two early extinction events that wiped out the strange organisms populating Earth during the Ediacaran…
A new book edited by Nir Goldman covers several computational approaches to simulate a range of chemical reactions relevant to deep carbon science, from prebiotic chemistry that led to the origin of…
By searching existing metagenomic data to find genes for a key methane metabolism enzyme, researchers identified new and diverse groups of archaea capable of producing or consuming methane. The…
DCO researchers used MultiGAS stations and flying drones to monitor gas emissions at Poás volcano in Costa Rica, a “wet” volcano that interacts with a hydrothermal system. They observed clear changes…
Researchers propose that seismic activity transports freshwater animals into the subsurface along fractures in the rock. This activity could explain the presence of nematodes and other small animals…
NASA’s Astrobiology Program has awarded a $9 million grant to a research team led by Karyn Rogers, to investigate the environments and conditions on Earth that led to the origin of life.