1. Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Archaea Geo‐Omics Department of Ocean Science and Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen China
2. Department of Biology HADAL Nordcee & DIAS University of Southern Denmark Odense M Denmark
3. Shanghai Frontiers Research Center of the Hadal Biosphere & HAST College of Marine Sciences Shanghai Ocean University Shanghai China
4. Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) Guangzhou China
5. Shanghai Sheshan National Geophysical Observatory Shanghai China
6. Key Laboratory of Ocean and Marginal Sea Geology Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou China
7. Hubei Key Laboratory of Marine Geological Resource China University of Geosciences Wuhan China
8. Department of Earth Sciences ETH Zurich Zurich Switzerland
9. HGF‐MPG Group for Deep Sea Ecology & Technology Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar‐ and Marine Research Bremerhaven Germany
10. Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen Germany
11. Coast and Oceans National Centre National Institute of Water & Atmosphere Research (NIWA) Ltd Wellington New Zealand
12. School of Biological Sciences Victoria University of Wellington Wellington New Zealand
13. Department of Ocean and Environmental Sciences Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology Tokyo Japan