Ocean and coastal ecosystems support life on Earth and many aspects of human well-being.
Covering two-thirds of the planet, the ocean hosts vast biodiversity and modulates the global …

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 …

A census of the biomass on Earth is key for understanding the structure and dynamics of the
biosphere. However, a global, quantitative view of how the biomass of different taxa …

Species inhabiting deep-sea hydrothermal vents are strongly influenced by the geological
setting, as it provides the chemical-rich fluids supporting the food web, creates the …

Hydrothermal vents are among the most fascinating environments that exist within the
modern oceans, being home to highly productive communities of specially-adapted fauna …

Climate change manifestation in the ocean, through warming, oxygen loss, increasing
acidification, and changing particulate organic carbon flux (one metric of altered food …

The distance travelled by marine larvae varies by seven orders of magnitude. Dispersal
shapes marine biodiversity, and must be understood if marine systems are to be well …

Deep-sea chemosynthetic communities, including hydrothermal vents and cold seeps,
harbour hundreds of endemic species currently threatened by deep-sea mining and …

Dispersal provides a key mechanism for geographical range shifts in response to changing
environmental conditions. For mangroves, which are highly susceptible to climate change …

Symbiont specificity, both at the phylotype and strain level, can have profound
consequences for host ecology and evolution. However, except for insights from a few …