Deep Carbon Observatory

The Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO) is a research program to investigate carbon's deep in the Earth. It is a community of scientists (biologists, physicists, geoscientists and chemists) who develop this new field of deep carbon science.[2]

Deep Carbon Observatory
AbbreviationDCO
Formation2009
Purpose/focusTransforming our understanding of carbon in Earth's interior
Membership957 scientists from 47 countries (as of January 2017)[1]
Websitedeepcarbon.net

In December 2018, researchers announced that amounts of life forms are deep underground. They think 70% of bacteria and archaea on Earth (23 billion tonnes of carbon) live at least 4.8 km (3.0 mi) deep underground, including 2.5 km (1.6 mi) below the seabed.[3]

There is a ten-year Deep Carbon Observatory project.[4]

References

  1. "People Browser". Deep Carbon Observatory Data Portal. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  2. "About the DCO". Deep Carbon Observatory. Dec 1, 2013. Archived from the original on August 3, 2017. Retrieved Aug 2, 2017.
  3. Amos, Jonathan. BBC News Science & Environment: Amount of deep life on Earth quantified. [1]
  4. Deep Carbon Observatory (10 December 2018). "Life in deep Earth totals 15 to 23 billion tons of carbon -- hundreds of times more than humans - Deep Carbon Observatory collaborators, exploring the 'Galapagos of the deep,' add to what's known, unknown, and unknowable about Earth's most pristine ecosystem". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 11 December 2018. [2]