The marine nitrogen cycle: new developments and global change

DA Hutchins, DG Capone - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
The ocean is home to a diverse and metabolically versatile microbial community that
performs the complex biochemical transformations that drive the nitrogen cycle, including …

[HTML][HTML] Sediment oxygen consumption: Role in the global marine carbon cycle

BB Jørgensen, F Wenzhöfer, M Egger, RN Glud - Earth-science reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The seabed plays a key role in the marine carbon cycle as a) the terminal location of aerobic
oxidation of organic matter, b) the greatest anaerobic bioreactor, and c) the greatest …

Microplastic burden in marine benthic invertebrates depends on species traits and feeding ecology within biogeographical provinces

A Porter, JA Godbold, CN Lewis, G Savage… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The microplastic body burden of marine animals is often assumed to reflect levels of
environmental contamination, yet variations in feeding ecology and regional trait expression …

[HTML][HTML] A decision support system for selection and risk management of sustainability governance approaches in multi-tier supply chain

A Jamalnia, Y Gong, K Govindan, M Bourlakis… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lower-tier suppliers' sustainability noncompliance and focal company's failure at meeting
the expectations of the stakeholders to extend sustainability towards lower-tier suppliers …

Organic matter degradation causes enrichment of organic pollutants in hadal sediments

A Sobek, S Abel, H Sanei, S Bonaglia, Z Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Burial of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in
deep-sea sediments contributes to 60% of their historical emissions. Yet, empirical data on …

First evidence and potential sources of novel brominated flame retardants and BDE 209 in the deepest ocean

J Xie, G Zhang, Q Wu, M Luo, D Chen, Y Zhang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Organic anthropogenic pollutants reach even the deepest parts of the oceans, ie, the hadal
trenches. We here presented the concentrations, influencing factors, and potential sources …

The hadal zone is an important and heterogeneous sink of black carbon in the ocean

X Zhang, Y Xu, W Xiao, M Zhao, Z Wang… - … Earth & Environment, 2022 - nature.com
Black carbon is ubiquitous in the marine environment. However, whether it accumulates in
the deepest ocean region, the hadal zone, is unknown. Here we measure the concentration …

Microbial community structure in hadal sediments: high similarity along trench axes and strong changes along redox gradients

C Schauberger, RN Glud, B Hausmann… - The ISME …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Hadal trench sediments are hotspots of biogeochemical activity in the deep sea, but the
biogeochemical and ecological factors that shape benthic hadal microbial communities …

Disentangling effects of sea surface temperature and water depth on hydroxylated isoprenoid GDGTs: insights from the Hadal zone and global sediments

W Xiao, Y Xu, C Zhang, J Lin, W Wu… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydroxylated isoprenoid glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (OH‐GDGTs) preserved in
marine sediments are thought to be controlled by sea surface temperature (SST). However …

High mercury accumulation in deep-ocean hadal sediments

H Sanei, PM Outridge, K Oguri, GA Stern… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Ocean sediments are the largest sink for mercury (Hg) sequestration and hence an
important part of the global Hg cycle1. Yet accepted global average Hg flux data for deep …