Marine contains rich natural ore resources with significant development prospects and
strategic value significance, and marine metal resource mining is critical in ocean …

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 escalating demands for mineral commodities driven by population growth and energy
transition are prompting the mining industry to intensify extraction efforts and respond to the …

Deep-sea mining may be just a few years away and yet society is struggling to assess the
positive aspects, such as increasing the supply of metals for battery production to fuel the …

To protect the range of habitats, species, and ecosystem functions in the Clarion Clipperton
Zone (CCZ), a region of interest for deep-sea polymetallic nodule mining in the Pacific, nine …

Macrofauna are an abundant and diverse component of abyssal benthic communities and
are likely to be heavily impacted by polymetallic nodule mining in the Clarion-Clipperton …

The ocean plays a key role in sustaining life on our planet and is inextricably linked to
biodiversity, climate, human well-being, and health. However, the governance of the ocean …

In response to the anticipated scarcity of terrestrial land resources in the coming years, the
acquisition of marine mineral resources is imperative. This paper mainly summarizes the …

Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals a vast genetic diversity of marine eukaryotes.
Yet, most of the metabarcoding data remain unassigned due to the paucity of reference …

Abyssal seafloor communities cover more than 60% of Earth's surface. Despite their great
size, abyssal plains extend across modest environmental gradients compared to other …