The ERC Consolidator Grant "DeepSeep" officially starts on June 1st, 2021. The project aims at investigating the genesis of deep hydrogen and abiotic methane through the process of high-pressure serpentinization in subduction zones. "By bridging the two most striking peculiarities of Earth, subduction and life, DeepSeep has the potential for transformative discoveries, with long-term implications for global C cycle modeling, climatology, and the emergence and search for life on Earth and beyond."
The Cathodyne provides an ideal means to image carbonate zonations as markers of deep carbon processes