Editorial: Frontiers in marine sciences, social sciences and engineering research related to marine (renewable) energy development

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Editorial on the Research TopicFrontiers in marine sciences, social sciences and engineering research related to marine (renewable) energy development Developing renewable energy to address the relationship between economic development and climate change is one of the most important tasks for many countries (Xu et al., 2024). The ocean contains a variety of energy sources, such as wind energy, solar energy, and wave energy (Rui et al., 2024). In the exploitation of ocean energy, various marine structures, including bottom-fixed and floating structures, are employed to promote the development of oil and gas production platforms, offshore wind turbines, wave energy generation devices, etc (Page et al., 2021;Li et al., 2023). The safety of the structures and their foundations is important for ocean energy utilization (Wang et al., 2020;Jostad et al., 2023). Meanwhile, marine energy development involves multiple disciplines, such as marine biology, chemistry, ecology, and the environment. In addition, human activities (e.g., the construction and installation of offshore structures) affect the exploitation of marine energy (Zhou et al., 2021;Wang et al., 2024). This "Frontiers in Marine Sciences, Social Sciences and Engineering Research Related to Marine (Renewable) Energy Development" Research Topic highlights recent developments in the field of marine (renewable) energy development. This Research Topic publishes 10 peerreviewed articles, which are briefly summarized below.Seabed flow involves multi-process, multi-physics, and multi-scale processes, all of which are complex natural phenomena. Zhu et al. summarized the basic information on seabed fluid flow in the China Seas to analyze these features, and then the processes and their implications were investigated. The results emphasize the importance of studying how seabed fluids form and migrate to understand their behavior. In addition to seabed flow, seabed properties are also important for offshore construction, such as foundation design Frontiers in Marine Science frontiersin.org 01 TYPE