The deep sea (> 200 m depth) encompasses> 95% of the world's ocean volume and
represents the largest and least explored biome on Earth (< 0.0001% of ocean surface), yet …

With increasing demand for mineral resources, extraction of polymetallic sulphides at
hydrothermal vents, cobalt-rich ferromanganese crusts at seamounts, and polymetallic …

A comprehensive understanding of the deep-sea environment and mining's likely impacts is
necessary to assess whether and under what conditions deep-seabed mining operations …

The deep sea plays a critical role in global climate regulation through uptake and storage of
heat and carbon dioxide. However, this regulating service causes warming, acidification and …

Although initially viewed as oases within a barren deep ocean, hydrothermal vents and
methane seep chemosynthetic communities are now recognized to interact with surrounding …

Mineral exploitation has spread from land to shallow coastal waters and is now planned for
the offshore, deep seabed. Large seafloor areas are being approved for exploration for …

Tests for isolation by distance (IBD) are the most commonly used method of assessing
spatial genetic structure. Many studies have exclusively used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) …

The ocean plays a crucial role in the functioning of the Earth System and in the provision of
vital goods and services. The United Nations (UN) declared 2021–2030 as the UN Decade …

Despite the deep sea being the largest habitat on Earth, there are just 77 population genetic
studies of invertebrates (115 species) inhabiting non‐chemosynthetic ecosystems on the …

Seamounts are proposed to be hotspots of deep-sea biodiversity, a pattern potentially
arising from increased productivity in a heterogeneous landscape leading to either high …