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23 February 2016      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Nature Publishing Group offers a free open access funding support service to enable authors to discover and apply for article processing charge funding available to them. Visit our website for further advice on the funding options available, and guidance in approaching funders and institutions, or email openaccess@nature.com for more information.                  Earth & Environmental Sciences               Friend or foe? Biological and ecological traits of the European ash dieback pathogen Hymenoscyphus fraxineus in its native environment ▶     Michelle Cleary, Diem Nguyen, Diana Marčiulynienė et al.     Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, an introduced ascomycete fungus and primary causal agent of European ash dieback, was investigated on Fraxinus mandshurica trees in its native range in …             Soil organic carbon dynamics under long-term fertilization in a black soil of China: Evidence from stable C isotopes ▶     Xiaolin Dou, Ping He, Ping Zhu et al.     Effects of different fertilizers on organic carbon (C) storage and turnover of soil fractions remains unclear. We combined soil fractionation with isotope analyses to examine …             On the causal structure between CO2 and global temperature ▶     Adolf Stips, Diego Macias, Clare Coughlan et al.     We use a newly developed technique that is based on the information flow concept to investigate the causal structure between the global radiative forcing and the annual global …             Heterotrophic respiration does not acclimate to continuous warming in a subtropical forest ▶     Chuansheng Wu, Naishen Liang, Liqing Sha et al.     As heterotrophic respiration (RH) has great potential to increase atmospheric CO2 concentrations, it is important to understand warming effects on RH for a better prediction of …             Anthropogenic plutonium-244 in the environment: Insights into plutonium’s longest-lived isotope ▶     Christopher R. Armstrong, Heather A. Brant, Patterson R. Nuessle et al.     Owing to the rich history of heavy element production in the unique high flux reactors that operated at the Savannah River Site, USA (SRS) decades ago, trace quantities of …             A pilot-scale forward osmosis membrane system for concentrating low-strength municipal wastewater: performance and implications ▶     Zhiwei Wang, Junjian Zheng, Jixu Tang et al.     Recovery of nutrients and energy from municipal wastewater has attracted much attention in recent years; however, its efficiency is significantly limited by the low-strength …             Placental Transfer of Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Associations with Thyroid Hormones: Beijing Prenatal Exposure Study ▶     Lin Yang, Jingguang Li, Jianqiang Lai et al.     Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have been detected in wildlife and human samples worldwide. Toxicology research showed that PFASs could interfere with thyroid hormone …             The role of nano-perovskite in the negligible thorium release in seawater from Greek bauxite residue (red mud) ▶     Platon N. Gamaletsos, Athanasios Godelitsas, Takeshi Kasama et al.     We present new data about the chemical and structural characteristics of bauxite residue (BR) from Greek Al industry, using a combination of microscopic, analytical, and …             TPhP exposure disturbs carbohydrate metabolism, lipid metabolism, and the DNA damage repair system in zebrafish liver ▶     Zhongkun Du, Yan Zhang, Guowei Wang et al.     Triphenyl phosphate is a high production volume organophosphate flame retardant that has been detected in multiple environmental media at increasing concentrations. The …             Forests and ozone: productivity, carbon storage, and feedbacks ▶     Bin Wang, Herman H. Shugart, Jacquelyn K. Shuman et al.     Tropospheric ozone is a serious air-pollutant, with large impacts on plant function. This study demonstrates that tropospheric ozone, although it damages plant metabolism, does …             Progestins alter photo-transduction cascade and circadian rhythm network in eyes of zebrafish (Danio rerio) ▶     Yanbin Zhao, Karl Fent     Environmental progestins are implicated in endocrine disruption in vertebrates. Additional targets that may be affected in organisms are poorly known. Here we report that …             Use of lead-210 as a novel tracer for lead (Pb) sources in plants ▶     Handong Yang, Peter G. Appleby     Lead (Pb) released from anthropogenic sources and stored in environmental repositories can be a potential source for secondary pollution. Here we develop a novel approach for …             That sinking feeling: Suspended sediments can prevent the ascent of coral egg bundles ▶     Gerard F. Ricardo, Ross J. Jones, Andrew P. Negri et al.     Spawning synchrony represents a common reproductive strategy in sessile marine organisms and for broadcast spawning corals, buoyancy of egg-sperm bundles is critical to maximise …             Can arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi reduce Cd uptake and alleviate Cd toxicity of Lonicera japonica grown in Cd-added soils? ▶     Qiu-Yun Jiang, Feng Zhuo, Shi-Hui Long et al.     A greenhouse pot experiment was conducted to study the impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi−Glomus versiforme (Gv) and Rhizophagus intraradices (Ri) on the growth, Cd uptake, …             Graphene Facilitated Removal of Labetalol in Laccase-ABTS System: Reaction Efficiency, Pathways and Mechanism ▶     Shipeng Dong, Huifang Xiao, Qingguo Huang et al.     The widespread occurrence of the beta-blocker labetalol causes environmental health concern. Enzymatic reactions are highly efficient and specific offering biochemical …             Effects of agricultural practices on organic matter degradation in ditches ▶     Ellard R. Hunting, J. Arie Vonk, C.J.M. Musters et al.     Agricultural practices can result in differences in organic matter (OM) and agricultural chemical inputs in adjacent ditches, but its indirect effects on OM composition and its …             Acute ecotoxicology of natural oil and gas condensate to coral reef larvae ▶     Andrew P. Negri, Diane L. Brinkman, Florita Flores et al.     Risks posed by oil spills to coral reefs are difficult to evaluate, partially due to the absence of studies that adequately assess toxicity to relevant coral reef species. Here …             Impacts of different climate change regimes and extreme climatic events on an alpine meadow community ▶     Juha M. Alatalo, Annika K. Jägerbrand, Ulf Molau     Climate variability is expected to increase in future but there exist very few experimental studies that apply different warming regimes on plant communities over several years. …             Chlorine as a geobarometer for alkaline magmas: Evidence from a systematic study of the eruptions of Mount Somma-Vesuvius ▶     H. Balcone-Boissard, G. Boudon, R. Cioni et al.     Defining the magma storage conditions of a volcanic system is a major goal in modern volcanology due to its direct implications for the style of a possible eruption, and thus on …             “APEC Blue”: Secondary Aerosol Reductions from Emission Controls in Beijing ▶     Yele Sun, Zifa Wang, Oliver Wild et al.     China implemented strict emission control measures in Beijing and surrounding regions to ensure good air quality during the 2014 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. …             Sulphur Kβ emission spectra reveal protonation states of aqueous sulfuric acid ▶     Johannes Niskanen, Christoph J. Sahle, Kari O. Ruotsalainen et al.     In this paper we report an X-ray emission study of bulk aqueous sulfuric acid. Throughout the range of molarities from 1 M to 18 M the sulfur Kβ emission spectra from H2SO4 (aq) …             Biodegradation of DDT by Stenotrophomonas sp. DDT-1: Characterization and genome functional analysis ▶     Xiong Pan, Dunli Lin, Yuan Zheng et al.     A novel bacterium capable of utilizing 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT) as the sole carbon and energy source was isolated from a contaminated soil which was …             Hydrate-based heavy metal separation from aqueous solution ▶     Yongchen Song, Hongsheng Dong, Lei Yang et al.     A novel hydrate-based method is proposed for separating heavy metal ions from aqueous solution. We report the first batch of experiments and removal characteristics in this …             Prediction of ground motion and dynamic stress change in Baekdusan (Changbaishan) volcano caused by a North Korean nuclear explosion ▶     Tae-Kyung Hong, Eunseo Choi, Seongjun Park et al.     Strong ground motions induce large dynamic stress changes that may disturb the magma chamber of a volcano, thus accelerating the volcanic activity. An underground nuclear …             Reconstructing the plinian and co-ignimbrite sources of large volcanic eruptions: A novel approach for the Campanian Ignimbrite ▶     Alejandro Marti, Arnau Folch, Antonio Costa et al.     The 39 ka Campanian Ignimbrite (CI) super-eruption was the largest volcanic eruption of the past 200 ka in Europe. Tephra deposits indicate two distinct plume forming phases, …             The Footprint of the Inter-decadal Pacific Oscillation in Indian Ocean Sea Surface Temperatures ▶     Lu Dong, Tianjun Zhou, Aiguo Dai et al.     Superimposed on a pronounced warming trend, the Indian Ocean (IO) sea surface temperatures (SSTs) also show considerable decadal variations that can cause regional climate …             Early Cretaceous paleomagnetic and geochronologic results from the Tethyan Himalaya: Insights into the Neotethyan paleogeography and the India–Asia collision ▶     Yiming Ma, Tianshui Yang, Weiwei Bian et al.     To better understand the Neotethyan paleogeography, a paleomagnetic and geochronological study has been performed on the Early Cretaceous Sangxiu Formation lava flows, which were …             Carbon storage in Chinese grassland ecosystems: Influence of different integrative methods ▶     Anna Ma, Nianpeng He, Guirui Yu et al.     The accurate estimate of grassland carbon (C) is affected by many factors at the large scale. Here, we used six methods (three spatial interpolation methods and three grassland …             Distribution of soil selenium in China is potentially controlled by deposition and volatilization? ▶     Guo-Xin Sun, Andrew A. Meharg, Gang Li et al.     Elucidating the environmental drivers of selenium (Se) spatial distribution in soils at a continental scale is essential to better understand it’s biogeochemical cycling to …             Trace analysis of multi-class pesticide residues in Chinese medicinal health wines using gas chromatography with electron capture detection ▶     Wei-Jun Kong, Qiu-Tao Liu, Dan-Dan Kong et al.     A method is described for multi-residue, high-throughput determination of trace levels of 22 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and 5 pyrethroid pesticides (PYPs) in Chinese …             Rolling stones and turbulent eddies: why the bigger live longer and travel farther ▶     Adrian Bejan     Here we report the discovery that even the simplest, oldest and most prevalent forms of evolutionary movement—rolling bodies and whirls of turbulence—exhibit the same body-size …             Tidal pumping facilitates dissimilatory nitrate reduction in intertidal marshes ▶     Yanling Zheng, Lijun Hou, Min Liu et al.     Intertidal marshes are alternately exposed and submerged due to periodic ebb and flood tides. The tidal cycle is important in controlling the biogeochemical processes of these …             The physico-chemical properties and structural characteristics of artificial soil for cut slope restoration in Southwestern China ▶     Shunan Chen, Xiaoyan Ai, Tengyun Dong et al.     Cut slopes are frequently generated by construction work in hilly areas, and artificial soil is often sprayed onto them to promote ecological rehabilitation. The artificial soil …             Light intensity affects the uptake and metabolism of glycine by pakchoi (Brassica chinensis L.) ▶     Qingxu Ma, Xiaochuang Cao, Lianghuan Wu et al.     The uptake of glycine by pakchoi (Brassica chinensis L.), when supplied as single N-source or in a mixture of glycine and inorganic N, was studied at different light intensities …             The roles and impacts of human hunter-gatherers in North Pacific marine food webs ▶     Jennifer A. Dunne, Herbert Maschner, Matthew W. Betts et al.     There is a nearly 10,000-year history of human presence in the western Gulf of Alaska, but little understanding of how human foragers integrated into and impacted ecosystems …             An in-situ synthesis of Ag/AgCl/TiO2/hierarchical porous magnesian material and its photocatalytic performance ▶     Lu Yang, Fazhou Wang, Chang Shu et al.     The absorption ability and photocatalytic activity of photocatalytic materials play important roles in improving the pollutants removal effects. Herein, we reported a new kind of …             A simple method for the production of large volume 3D macroporous hydrogels for advanced biotechnological, medical and environmental applications ▶     Irina N. Savina, Ganesh C. Ingavle, Andrew B. Cundy et al.     The development of bulk, three-dimensional (3D), macroporous polymers with high permeability, large surface area and large volume is highly desirable for a range of applications …             Plasmon Excitations of Multi-layer Graphene on a Conducting Substrate ▶     Godfrey Gumbs, Andrii Iurov, Jhao-Ying Wu et al.     We predict the existence of low-frequency nonlocal plasmons at the vacuum-surface interface of a superlattice of N graphene layers interacting with conducting substrate. We …             Ecological-network models link diversity, structure and function in the plankton food-web ▶     Domenico D’Alelio, Simone Libralato, Timothy Wyatt et al.     A planktonic food-web model including sixty-three functional nodes (representing auto- mixo- and heterotrophs) was developed to integrate most trophic diversity present in the …             Mitigation of Coral Reef Warming Across the Central Pacific by the Equatorial Undercurrent: A Past and Future Divide ▶     Kristopher B. Karnauskas, Anne L. Cohen, Jamison M. Gove     Global climate models (GCMs) predict enhanced warming and nutrient decline across the central tropical Pacific as trade winds weaken with global warming. Concurrent changes in …             Experimental warming of a mountain tundra increases soil CO2 effluxes and enhances CH4 and N2O uptake at Changbai Mountain, China ▶     Yumei Zhou, Frank Hagedorn, Chunliang Zhou et al.     Climatic warming is expected to particularly alter greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from soils in cold ecosystems such as tundra. We used 1 m2 open-top chambers (OTCs) during three …             Five-year changes in soil organic carbon and total nitrogen in coastal wetlands affected by flow-sediment regulation in a Chinese delta ▶     Junjing Wang, Junhong Bai, Qingqing Zhao et al.     Changes in the sources and sinks of soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) in wetland soils as indicators of soil quality and climate change have received attention …             Facile synthesis of flexible macroporous polypropylene sponges for separation of oil and water ▶     Guowei Wang, Hiroshi Uyama     Oil spill disasters always occur accidentally, accompanied by the release of plenty of crude oil that could spread quickly over a wide area, creating enormous damage to the …             Holey graphene frameworks for highly selective post-combustion carbon capture ▶     Shamik Chowdhury, Rajasekhar Balasubramanian     Atmospheric CO2 concentrations continue to rise rapidly in response to increased combustion of fossil fuels, contributing to global climate change. In order to mitigate the …             Post-illumination activity of SnO2 nanoparticle-decorated Cu2O nanocubes by H2O2 production in dark from photocatalytic “memory” ▶     Lingmei Liu, Wuzhu Sun, Weiyi Yang et al.     Most photocatalysts only function under illumination, while many potential applications require continuous activities in dark. Thus, novel photocatalysts should be developed, …             Chelating capture and magnetic removal of non-magnetic heavy metal substances from soil ▶     Liren Fan, Jiqing Song, Wenbo Bai et al.     A soil remediation method based on magnetic beneficiation is reported. A new magnetic solid chelator powder, FS@IDA (core-shell Fe3O4@SiO2 nanoparticles coated with iminodiacetic …             A universal mechanism of extreme events and critical phenomena ▶     J. H. Wu, Q. Jia     The occurrence of extreme events and critical phenomena is of importance because they can have inquisitive scientific impact and profound socio-economic consequences. Here we …             Genetic analysis of arsenic accumulation in maize using QTL mapping ▶     Zhongjun Fu, Weihua Li, Xiaolong Xing et al.     Arsenic (As) is a toxic heavy metal that can accumulate in crops and poses a threat to human health. The genetic mechanism of As accumulation is unclear. Herein, we used …             Appearance of β-lactam Resistance Genes in Agricultural Soils and Clinical Isolates over the 20th Century ▶     David W. Graham, Charles W. Knapp, Bent T. Christensen et al.     Debate exists about whether agricultural versus medical antibiotic use drives increasing antibiotic resistance (AR) across nature. 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