BIOPOLE has recently been formally endorsed as a UN Decade Project (Unique ID 25.3; Polar Ecosystems, Global Impacts (BIOPOLE)), hosted by the Joint Exploration of the Twilight Zone Ocean Network (JETZON). This UN Decade Project covers the Arctic and Southern Ocean ocean basins, and is led by Geraint Tarling. For further information on this Project please visit the UN Ocean Decade website.