Wikipedia:Visiting Scholars/Participating institutions/Deep Carbon Observatory

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About the Deep Carbon Observatory

The Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO) is a ten-year initiative that is exploring the quantities, movements, forms, and origins of carbon deep within Earth. Carbon is the fourth most abundant element in the universe by mass and a key component of all known life; it fuels most of our energy, and as carbon dioxide it is the primary cause of climate change on Earth. But most research of the element has focused on carbon near Earth's surface, and we know surprisingly little about its physical, chemical, and biological behavior throughout most of the planet's interior.

DCO is an interdisciplinary community of about 1,000 chemists, physicists, geologists, and biologists from 45 nations, who have come together in four distinct science communities that study various aspects of deep carbon. These communities are:

• Deep Life
• Deep Energy
• Reservoirs and Fluxes
• Extreme Physics and Chemistry.

Overview of resources

Carothers Library at the University of Rhode Island

The Deep Carbon Observatory Visiting Scholar will have full remote access to the University of Rhode Island's library databases and resources, as well as 9,000 DCO-specific publications.

URI provides access to well over 200 databases, as well as other journals, ebooks, and digital media. For a complete list of databases, see the University Libraries A-Z Databases page. The Deep Carbon Observatory website has additional information about its publications.

Current Visiting Scholars

RockMagnetist

RockMagnetist

RockMagnetist (talk · contribs) is a Visiting Scholar at the Deep Carbon Observatory for 2017-2018, improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics relevant to deep carbon science.

Highlights

Extraterrestrial diamonds

List of mineralogists

Mark S. Ghiorso

Organic mineral

Media

• Introducing the New DCO Wikipedia Visiting Scholar: Andrew Newell, Deep Carbon Observatory (19 September 2017)
• Andrew Newell is the Deep Carbon Observatory Visiting Scholar, Wiki Education (21 September 2017)
• Learn about deep carbon science on Wikipedia thanks to RockMagnetist - Wiki Education blog (4 June 2018)

Position announcements

The Deep Carbon Observatory is not currently accepting applications. Please see Wikipedia:Visiting Scholars/Apply for other options.