particularly in terms of nutrient cycling and carbon sequestration. Addressing this knowledge gap is essential for advancing our under- standing of the complex interactions between atmospheric processes and marine biogeochemistry, and for enhancing t...

The region with the highest marine biodiversity on our planet is known asthe Coral Triangle or Indo-Australian Archipelago (IAA)1,2. Its enormous biod...

Over the past two decades, research and concern regarding micro- plastics (MPs, < 5 mm) in the marine environment have continued to escalate (Auta et al., 2017; Alimi et al., 2018; Rochman, 2018a). MPs can be either primary (originating from plast...

The food system is a major driver of environmental change, emittinga quarter of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, occupying half of allice-freeland, and responsible for three quarters of global consumptivewater use and eutrophication3,6. Yet, it st...

Freshwater ecosystems are responsible for nearly half of global CH4 emissions to the atmosphere4.7. Yet, among freshwaters, the role of rivers and streams in the global CH4 cycle remains unclear althoughcurrent best estimates of global fluvial emissi...

The thick-shell mussel Mytilus coruscus is a crucial marine ecological indicator species, sensitive to environmental changes and pollution. Its population size, growth condition, and reproductive capacity serve as key indicators of the health of the ...

Human activities have led to the discharge of pollutants into near- shore ecosystems worldwide, resulting in frequent ecological disasters and environmental issues such as red tides, hypoxia, and acidification (Wang et al., 2021; Keys et al., 2017), ...

Marine microbial communities play a pivotal role in the sustain- ability of aquatic ecosystems by being instrumental in nutrient cycling, organic matter decomposition, and global biogeochemical processes (DeLong and Karl, 2005; Pomeroy etal., 2007). ...

Nitrate was the most abundant form of nitrogen in the biosphere after atmospheric nitrogen and was the source of nitrogen most widely used by living organisms such as higher plants, algae, fungi and bacteria (Pinar et al., 1997). Excessive inputs of ...

Our knowledge of biogeographic patterns and processes in the deep sea has been limited by the lack of integrated datasets that cover its vast extent1. Here we analyse a new global dataset of genomic DNA sequences, spanning an entire taxonomic class o...