Sponges are ecologically important benthic organisms with many important functional roles.
However, despite increasing global interest in the functions that sponges perform, there has …

Seamounts are vulnerable ecosystems targeted by fishing and potentially by future mineral
exploitation. Their abundance, widespread distribution, and heterogeneity of faunal and …

Early Palaeozoic sites with soft-tissue preservation are predominantly found in Cambrian
rocks and tend to capture past tropical and temperate ecosystems. In this study, we describe …

deep-sea benthic Arctic communities remains very limited. Yet, through our compilation of
habitat maps, we show that the Arctic contains a high diversity of geomorphological features …

Climate change is threatening marine ecosystems on a global scale but particularly so in the
Arctic. As a result of warming, species are shifting their distributions, altering marine …

Volcanic centers are characteristic features of ultraslow-spreading mid-ocean ridges, the
least-explored parts of the global ridge system. Volcanic centers can provide insights into …

Icy bodies with subsurface oceans are a prime target for astrobiology investigations, with an
increasing number of scientists participating in the planning, development, and realization of …

Deep-sea sponges are important contributors to carbon and nitrogen cycling due to their
large filtration capacity. Species of the suborder Astrophorina form dense sponge grounds in …

Icy bodies with subsurface oceans are a prime target for astrobiology investigations, with an
increasing number of scientists participating in the planning, development, and realization of …