basalt

About 250 million years ago, one of the largest known volcanic events in history flooded the area…

About 250 million years ago, a massive volcanic eruption flooded modern-day Siberia with lava,…

One aspect of CCS that some researchers have overlooked is the role of subsurface microbes. DCO…

Research by Deep Carbon Observatory scientists Marion Le Voyer, Erik Hauri (Carnegie Institution…

Earth’s crust is not homogeneous, however, and in a new paper in Geomicrobiology Journal, DCO's…

Improved quantification of the global emissions of deep carbon through volcanism is one key…

Carbon is cycled from Earth’s surface to its depths, emerging through the crust from volcanoes, and…

Lava fountains are spectacular eruptive manifestations of basaltic and other low-viscosity magmas.…

Disko Island is home to many geological wonders. The second largest island of Greenland, Disko sits…

Microbes can live pretty much anywhere. Bacteria, archaea, and primitive eukaryotes have been…