Scientific Reports Earth Sciences Table of Contents e-alert: July 2011

01 August 2011      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports           Earth & Environmental Sciences               New approach to detect seismic surface waves in 1Hz-sampled GPS time series ▶     N. Houlié, G. Occhipinti, T. Blanchard et al.     Recently, co-seismic seismic source characterization based on GPS measurements has been completed in near- and far-field with remarkable results. However, the accuracy of the…             Commercial Teas Highlight Plant DNA Barcode Identification Successes and Obstacles ▶     Mark Y. Stoeckle, Catherine C. Gamble, Rohan Kirpekar et al.     Appearance does not easily identify the dried plant fragments used to prepare teas to species. Here we test recovery of standard DNA barcodes for land plants from a large array of …             The 2010 Antarctic ozone hole: Observed reduction in ozone destruction by minor sudden stratospheric warmings ▶     A. T. J. de Laat, M. van Weele     Satellite observations show that the 2010 Antarctic ozone hole is characterized by anomalously small amounts of photochemical ozone destruction (40-60% less than the 2005-2009…             Silicon uptake by sponges: a twist to understanding nutrient cycling on continental margins ▶     Manuel Maldonado, Laura Navarro, Ana Grasa et al.     About 75% of extant sponge species use dissolved silicon (DSi) to build a siliceous skeleton. We show that silicon (Si) uptake by sublittoral Axinella demosponges follows an…                 • Careers & Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Postdoc in MRI research     UT Health Science San Antonio San Antonio, TX, USA           PhD Programme     IMPRS-ESM (International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling) Hamburg, Germany           Research Fellow in Genomics and Society     The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland           Senior Research Fellow in Marine Metacommunity Dynamics     University of Melbourne Melbourne, Australia           Research Engineer     University of Surrey / Thames Water Ltd Reading, United Kingdom         No matter what your career stage, student, postdoc or senior scientist, you will find articles on naturejobs.com to help guide you in your science career. Keep up-to-date with the latest sector trends, vote in our reader poll and sign-up to receive the monthly Naturejobs newsletter.           • Scientific reports events featured events           natureevents featured events         International Conference on Environmental Aspects of Bangladesh --- Theme: Towards an Environmental-Sustainable World     10-11.09.11 Fukuoka, Japan         Nature events is the premier resource for scientists looking for the latest scientific conferences, courses, meetings and symposia. Featured across Nature Publishing Group journals and centrally at natureevents.com it is an essential reference guide to scientific events worldwide.                 Your email address is in the Scientific Reports: Earth Sciences mailing list. You have been sent this Table of Contents Alert because you have opted in to receive it. You can change or discontinue your e-mail alerts at any time, by modifying your preferences on your nature.com account at: www.nature.com/nams/svc/myaccount (You will need to log in to be recognised as a nature.com registrant). For further technical assistance, please contact our registration department For other enquiries, please contact our customer feedback department Nature Publishing Group | 75 Varick Street, 9th floor | New York | NY 10013-1917 | USA Nature Publishing Group's offices: Principal offices: London - New York - Tokyo Worldwide offices: Basingstoke - Boston - Buenos Aires - Delhi - Hong Kong - Madrid - Melbourne - Munich - Paris - San Francisco - Seoul - Washington DC Macmillan Publishers Limited is a company incorporated in England and Wales under company number 785998 and whose registered office is located at Brunel Road, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. © 2011 Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved.