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 …

The term 'biodiversity,'while casually used in practice, is a complicated subject to measure,
interpret, contextualize, and compare. Yet the possible advent of deep-sea mining in the mid …

Abstract The Lacaze-Duthiers Canyon is located in the western Mediterranean Sea and is
long known for hosting cold-water coral colonies in the canyon head region at depths …

Designing conservation networks requires a well-structured framework for achieving
essential objectives such as connectivity, replication or viability, and for considering local …

Evaluating environmental policies creates opportunities for harmonising and refining their
implementation using a heuristic approach, and considering the knowledge gaps in …

Despite the increasing number of tools and indicators to measure biodiversity status and
trends, many developing countries struggle to initiate and advance coastal and marine …

Vulnerable marine ecosystems (VMEs) are particularly susceptible to bottom-fishing activity
as they are easily disturbed and slow to recover. A data-driven approach was developed to …

Abstract The Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone (CGFZ) is a prominent geological feature
offsetting the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR), consisting of two parallel fractures, creating a highly …

Environmental policies such as the Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires that the
confidence of ecological status assessments should be reported. Such assessments are …

Cold seeps support fragile deep-sea communities of high biodiversity and are often found in
areas with high commercial interest. Protecting them from encroaching human impacts …