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 …

Abstract The Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCZ) is an abyssal region in the north-east
Pacific that is currently being explored for metal-rich polymetallic nodules, but also harbors a …

Due to the predicted future demand for critical metals, abyssal plains covered with
polymetallic nodules are currently being prospected for deep-seabed mining. Deep-seabed …

Human pressures are changing ocean environments, such as a shift from fish‐to squid‐
dominated ecosystems in overfished, poorly oxygenated environments. After death …

The Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) is a vast area of the central Pacific Ocean where the
abyssal seabed is a focus for future polymetallic nodule mining. Broad-scale environmental …

We synthesize and analyze data from visual transecting approaches and baited camera
studies to evaluate fish and invertebrate scavenger communities across the Clarion …

This article discusses whether or to what extent flocculation plays a role in the saline deep-
sea environment and whether sediment plumes generated by deep-sea mining activities are …

Seamounts are common in all ocean basins, and most have summit depths> 3,000 m.
Nonetheless, these abyssal seamounts are the least sampled and understood seamount …

Flocculation between inorganic sediment, salt ions and microscopic organic matter present
in the marine environment might play an important role in the dynamics of turbidity currents …

In the deep sea, benthic communities largely depend on organic material from the overlying
water column for food. The remains of organisms on the seafloor (food falls) create areas of …