Deep Carbon : past to present Carbon is one of the most important elements of our planet and ninety percent of it resides inside Earths interior. This book summarizes ten years of research by scientists involved in the Deep Carbon Observatory a global community of 1200 scientists. It is a comprehensive guide to carbon inside Earth including its quantities movements forms origins changes over time and impact on planetary processes. Leading experts from a variety of fields including geoscience biology chemistry and physics provide exciting new insights into the interconnected nature of the global carbon cycle and explain why it matters to the past present and future of our planet. With end of chapter problems illustrative infographics full color images and access to online models and datasets it is a valuable reference for graduate students researchers and professional scientists interested in carbon cycling and Earth system science. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.