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For more information visit the website.   Visit our open access funding page or contact openaccess@nature.com to learn more on APC funding.           Earth & Environmental Sciences               Assessment of radiocesium contamination in frogs 18 months after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster ▶     Noe Matsushima, Sadao Ihara, Minoru Takase et al.     We investigated the accumulation of radionuclides in frogs inhabiting radioactively contaminated areas around Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) to search for possible …             Exposure Medium: Key in Identifying Free Ag+ as the Exclusive Species of Silver Nanoparticles with Acute Toxicity to Daphnia magna ▶     Mo-Hai Shen, Xiao-Xia Zhou, Xiao-Ya Yang et al.     It is still not very clear what roles the various Ag species play in the toxicity of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). In this study, we found that traditional exposure media result …             Penetration of biomass-burning emissions from South Asia through the Himalayas: new insights from atmospheric organic acids ▶     Zhiyuan Cong, Kimitaka Kawamura, Shichang Kang et al.     High levels of carbonaceous aerosol exist over South Asia, the area adjacent to the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau. Little is known about if they can be transported across the …             Biochar from commercially cultivated seaweed for soil amelioration ▶     David A. Roberts, Nicholas A. Paul, Symon A. Dworjanyn et al.     Seaweed cultivation is a high growth industry that is primarily targeted at human food and hydrocolloid markets. However, seaweed biomass also offers a feedstock for the …             Near-shore Antarctic pH variability has implications for the design of ocean acidification experiments ▶     Gretchen Hofmann, Amanda L. Kelley, Emily C. 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