What is Deep Carbon Observatory?
{{Infobox Organization |name = Deep Carbon Observatory |image = DCO Logotype.jpg |image_border = |size = 288px |caption = |membership = 957 scientists from 47 countries (as of January 2017)<ref>{{cite web|title=People Browser|url=https://info.deepcarbon.net/vivo/people?source=%7B%22query%22%3A%7B%22filtered%22%3A%7B%22filter%22%3A%7B%22bool%22%3A%7B%22must%22%3A%5B%7B%22term%22%3A%7B%22isDcoMember%22%3A%22T%22%7D%7D%5D%7D%7D%2C%22query%22%3A%7B%22match_all%22%3A%7B%7D%7D%7D%7D%2C%22sort%22%3A%5B%7B%22_score%22%3A%7B%22order%22%3A%22desc%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%22name.exact%22%3A%7B%22order%22%3A%22asc%22%7D%7D%5D%2C%22from%22%3A0%2C%22size%22%3A10%7D|website=Deep Carbon Observatory Data Portal|access-date=31 January 2017|archive-date=15 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115183913/https://info.deepcarbon.net/vivo/people?source=%7B%22query%22:%7B%22filtered%22:%7B%22filter%22:%7B%22bool%22:%7B%22must%22:%5B%7B%22term%22:%7B%22isDcoMember%22:%22T%22%7D%7D%5D%7D%7D,%22query%22:%7B%22match_all%22:%7B%7D%7D%7D%7D,%22sort%22:%5B%7B%22_score%22:%7B%22order%22:%22desc%22%7D%7D,%7B%22name.exact%22:%7B%22order%22:%22asc%22%7D%7D%5D,%22from%22:0,%22size%22:10%7D|url-status=dead}}</ref> |abbreviation = DCO |formation = 2009 |purpose = Transforming our understanding of carbon in Earth's interior |website = [https://deepcarbon.net/ deepcarbon.net] }} The '''Deep Carbon Observatory''' ('''DCO''') is a research program to investigate [[carbon]] deep in the Earth. It is a community of scientists ([[biologists]], [[physicists]], [[geologists|geoscientists]] and [[chemists]]) who develop this new field of deep carbon science.<ref name=aboutDCO>{{cite web | url = http://deepcarbon.net/about/about-dco | title = About the DCO | publisher = Deep Carbon Observatory | date = Dec 1, 2013 | access-date = Aug 2, 2017 | archive-date = August 3, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170803211604/https://deepcarbon.net//about/about-dco | url-status = dead }}</ref> In D