Large and growing data resources on the spatial and temporal diversity and distribution of
the more than 400 carbon-bearing mineral species reveal patterns of mineral evolution and …

Mineral evolution, the study of the diversity and temporal distribution of Earth's crystalline
phases, posits that mineral species have diversified over the past 4.5 billion years as a result …

Minerals contain important clues to understanding the complex geologic history of Earth and
other planetary bodies. Therefore, geologists have been collecting mineral samples and …

Abstract Information-rich attributes of minerals reveal their physical, chemical, and biological
modes of origin in the context of planetary evolution, and thus they provide the basis for an …

The global geological volatile cycle (H, C, N) plays an important role in the long term self-
regulation of the Earth system. However, the complex interaction between its deep, solid …

The diversity and distribution of Earth's minerals have evolved through almost 4.57 billion
years as a consequence of changing physical, chemical, and ultimately biological …

Metal compounds abundant on Early Earth are thought to play an important role in the
origins of life. Certain iron-sulfur minerals for example, are proposed to have served as …

The carbon cycle is an important process that regulates Earth's evolution. We compare two
typical periods, in the Paleoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic, in which many geological …

Data‐driven discovery in geoscience requires an enormous amount of FAIR (findable,
accessible, interoperable and reusable) data derived from a multitude of sources. Many …

A major endeavour of IUGS is to support broad-based scientific studies relevant to the entire
earth-system and applying the results of these and other studies to preserving Earth's …