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Deep Burial of Organic Carbon into the Mantle Enabled “Great Oxidation Event”
25 April 2017 Feature
The rise across GOE and the subsequent increases in Earth’s atmospheric oxygen enabled the…

Life on Earth Likely Started at Least 4.1 Billion Years Ago
22 October 2015 Feature
Geochemists have found evidence that life likely existed on Earth at least 4.1 billion years ago —…

Graphite Field Trip on Tectonic Fluxes 29-30 July 2013
29 August 2013 Feature
A field trip for geologists interested in the Tectonic Flux initiative of the Deep Carbon…

Graphite Formation During Subduction
24 June 2013 Feature
A primary goal of the Deep Carbon Observatory is to define how much carbon is present on Earth. In…

Novel Carbon Structures
15 February 2013 Feature
Although pure carbon expresses itself in diverse forms - including graphite, diamond, fullerenes,…

From Earth's Interior to the Biosphere
11 February 2013 Feature
Experimental tests of mineral equilibria typical of a fertile peridotite performed at mantle…

Metastable Graphite Deposition in Crustal Fluids
15 February 2012 Feature
A time-series experimental study by Dionysis Foustoukos [1] illustrates that the formation of a…