The global sediment cycle is a fundamental feature of the Earth system, balancing
competing factors such as orogeny, physical–chemical erosion and human action. In this …

Subtidal marine sediments are one of the planet's primary carbon stores and strongly
influence the oceanic sink for atmospheric CO2. By far the most widespread human activity …

Feeding humanity puts enormous environmental pressure on our planet. These pressures
are unequally distributed, yet we have piecemeal knowledge of how they accumulate across …

Seagrass meadows are threatened by multiple pressures, jeopardizing the many benefits
they provide to humanity and biodiversity, including climate regulation and food provision …

Extinctions on land are often inferred from sparse sightings over time, but this technique is ill-
suited for wide-ranging species. We develop a space-for-time approach to track the spatial …

The wave of new global conservation targets, the conclusion of the High Seas Treaty
negotiations, and the expansion of extractive use into the deep sea call for a paradigm shift …

The combustion of fossil fuels is considered a major cause of climate change, which is why
the reduction of emissions has become a key goal of the Paris climate agreement. Coherent …

Bottom trawling is widespread globally and impacts seabed habitats. However, risks from
trawling remain unquantified at large scales in most regions. We address these issues by …

Mobile bottom contact gear such as trawls is widely considered to have the highest
environmental impact of commonly used fishing gears, with concern about impact on benthic …

Trawling the seafloor can disturb carbon that took millennia to accumulate, but the fate of
that carbon and its impact on climate and ecosystems remains unknown. Using satellite …