Hopes report when edited is something covering the whole world in some depth (11)
I believe the answer is:
troposphere
'something covering the whole world in some depth' is the definition.
(region of the atmosphere)
'hopes report when edited' is the wordplay.
'when edited' indicates an anagram.
'hopes'+'report'='hopesreport'
'hopesreport' is an anagram of 'TROPOSPHERE'.
'is' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for troposphere that I've seen before include "The volume of air closest the earth" , "Region of earth's atmosphere" , "Air at its densest" , "Lowest part of atmosphere" .)