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20 September 2016      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports           Earth & Environmental Sciences               Satellite data lift the veil on offshore platforms in the South China Sea ▶     Yongxue Liu, Chao Sun, Jiaqi Sun et al.     Oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea (SCS) has garnered global attention recently; however, uncertainty regarding the accurate number of offshore platforms in the SCS, …             Soil surface temperatures reveal moderation of the urban heat island effect by trees and shrubs ▶     J. L. Edmondson, I. Stott, Z. G. Davies et al.     Urban areas are major contributors to air pollution and climate change, causing impacts on human health that are amplified by the microclimatological effects of buildings and …             A new insight into the immobilization mechanism of Zn on biochar: the role of anions dissolved from ash ▶     Tingting Qian, Yujun Wang, Tingting Fan et al.     Biochar is considered to be a promising material for heavy metal immobilization in soil. However, the immobilization mechanisms of Zn2+ on biochars derived from many common waste …             Effect of cation substitution on bridgmanite elasticity: A key to interpret seismic anomalies in the lower mantle ▶     Hiroshi Fukui, Akira Yoneda, Akihiko Nakatsuka et al.     Seismological observations show that, in some regions of the lower mantle, an increase in bulk sound velocity, interestingly, occurs in the same volume where there is a decrease …             Physicochemistry and cardiovascular toxicity of metal fume PM2.5: a study of human coronary artery endothelial cells and welding workers ▶     Chane-Yu Lai, Ching-Huang Lai, Hsiao-Chi Chuang et al.     Occupational exposure to welding fumes causes a higher incidence of cardiovascular disease; however, the association remains unclear. To clarify the possible association, …             Corrigendum: Predictability of Precipitation Over the Conterminous U.S. Based on the CMIP5 Multi-Model Ensemble ▶     Mingkai Jiang, Benjamin S. Felzer, Dork Sahagian                 Temporal variations of black carbon during haze and non-haze days in Beijing ▶     Qingyang Liu, Tangming Ma, Michael R Olson et al.     Black carbon (BC) aerosol has been identified as one of key factors responsible for air quality in Beijing. BC emissions abatement could help slow regional climate change while …             Slowly dispersing neotenic beetles can speciate on a penny coin and generate space-limited diversity in the tropical mountains ▶     Timothy C. Bray, Ladislav Bocak     We demonstrate the controversial origin of a biological species within an area of a few kilometres in the absence of physical barriers. We employed nuclear rRNA/mitochondrial and …             PAH contamination in Beijing’s topsoil: A unique indicator of the megacity’s evolving energy consumption and overall environmental quality ▶     Jinguo Li, Yi Zheng, Xiaolin Luo et al.     To improve its air quality, Beijing, the capital of China, has implemented high-cost pollution control measures mainly focused on shifting its energy mix. However, the …             Highly efficient removal of lead and cadmium during wastewater irrigation using a polyethylenimine-grafted gelatin sponge ▶     Bingbing Li, Feng Zhou, Kai Huang et al.     Wastewater irrigation is a very important resource for heavy metal pollution in soil and then accumulation in vegetable crops. In this study, a polyethylenimine (PEI)-grafted …             Mitigation of soil N2O emission by inoculation with a mixed culture of indigenous Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens ▶     Hiroko Akiyama, Yuko Takada Hoshino, Manabu Itakura et al.     Agricultural soil is the largest source of nitrous oxide (N2O), a greenhouse gas. Soybean is an important leguminous crop worldwide. Soybean hosts symbiotic nitrogen-fixing soil …             Muon dynamic radiography of density changes induced by hydrothermal activity at the La Soufrière of Guadeloupe volcano ▶     Kevin Jourde, Dominique Gibert, Jacques Marteau et al.     Imaging geological structures through cosmic muon radiography is a newly developed technique which shows a great potential in volcanology. Here we demonstrate that muon …             Island building in the South China Sea: detection of turbidity plumes and artificial islands using Landsat and MODIS data ▶     Brian B. Barnes, Chuanmin Hu     The South China Sea is currently in a state of intense geopolitical conflict, with six countries claiming sovereignty over some or all of the area. Recently, several countries …             Incorporation of Eu(III) into Calcite under Recrystallization conditions ▶     S. E. Hellebrandt, S. Hofmann, N. Jordan et al.     The interaction of calcite with trivalent europium under recrystallization conditions was studied on the molecular level using site-selective time-resolved laser fluorescence …             Chiral PCB 91 and 149 Toxicity Testing in Embryo and Larvae (Danio rerio): Application of Targeted Metabolomics via UPLC-MS/MS ▶     Tingting Chai, Feng Cui, Zhiqiang Yin et al.     In this study, we aimed to investigate the dysfunction of zebrafish embryos and larvae induced by rac-/(+)-/(−)- PCB91 and rac-/(−)-/(+)- PCB149. UPLC-MS/MS (Ultra-performance …             The persistence of pesticides in atmospheric particulate phase: An emerging air quality issue ▶     Joanna Socorro, Amandine Durand, Brice Temime-Roussel et al.     The persistent organic pollutants (POPs) due to their physicochemical properties can be widely spread all over the globe; as such they represent a serious threat to both humans …             Global Ionospheric Modelling using Multi-GNSS: BeiDou, Galileo, GLONASS and GPS ▶     Xiaodong Ren, Xiaohong Zhang, Weiliang Xie et al.     The emergence of China’s Beidou, Europe’s Galileo and Russia’s GLONASS satellites has multiplied the number of ionospheric piercing points (IPP) offered by GPS alone. This …             The electron donating capacity of biochar is dramatically underestimated ▶     Antonin Prévoteau, Frederik Ronsse, Inés Cid et al.     Biochars have gathered considerable interest for agronomic and engineering applications. In addition to their high sorption ability, biochars have been shown to accept or donate …             The fungicide triadimefon affects beer flavor and composition by influencing Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolism ▶     Zhiqiang Kong, Minmin Li, Jingjing An et al.     Despite the fact that beer is produced on a large scale, the effects of pesticide residues on beer have been rarely investigated. In this study, we used micro-brewing settings to …             Primates’ behavioural responses to tourists: evidence for a trade-off between potential risks and benefits ▶     Laëtitia Maréchal, Ann MacLarnon, Bonaventura Majolo et al.     The presence of, and interactions with tourists can be both risky and beneficial for wild animals. In wildlife tourism settings, animals often experience elevated rates of …             Simulation Study of CO2-EOR in Tight Oil Reservoirs with Complex Fracture Geometries ▶     Pavel Zuloaga-Molero, Wei Yu, Yifei Xu et al.     The recent development of tight oil reservoirs has led to an increase in oil production in the past several years due to the progress in horizontal drilling and hydraulic …             Super flame-retardant lightweight rime-like carbon-phenolic nanofoam ▶     Haiming Cheng, Changqing Hong, Xinghong Zhang et al.     The desire for lightweight nanoporous materials with high-performance thermal insulation and efficient anti-ablation resistance for energy conservation and thermal …             Prolonged California aridity linked to climate warming and Pacific sea surface temperature ▶     Glen M. MacDonald, Katrina A. Moser, Amy M. Bloom et al.     California has experienced a dry 21st century capped by severe drought from 2012 through 2015 prompting questions about hydroclimatic sensitivity to anthropogenic climate change …             In-hive Pesticide Exposome: Assessing risks to migratory honey bees from in-hive pesticide contamination in the Eastern United States ▶     Kirsten S. Traynor, Jeffery S. Pettis, David R. Tarpy et al.     This study measured part of the in-hive pesticide exposome by analyzing residues from live in-hive bees, stored pollen, and wax in migratory colonies over time and compared …             Corrigendum: Crustal movements due to Iceland’s shrinking ice caps mimic magma inflow signal at Katla volcano ▶     Karsten Spaans, Sigrún Hreinsdóttir, Andrew Hooper et al.                 Species characteristics of lead in sea foods collected from coastal water of Fujian, Southeastern of China ▶     Ye He, Zhiqiang Chen, Fan Mo et al.     Various sea foods including fish, shellfish and shrimp were collected from different coastal areas of Fujian in China, and their Pb species characteristics were investigated in …             Oscillation of mineral compositions in Core SG-1b, western Qaidam Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau ▶     Xiaomin Fang, Minghui Li, Zhengrong Wang et al.     Uplift of the Tibetan Plateau since the Late Miocene has greatly affected the nature of sediments deposited in the Qaidam Basin. However, due to the scarcity of continuously …             Application of Species Distribution Modeling for Avian Influenza surveillance in the United States considering the North America Migratory Flyways ▶     Jaber Belkhiria, Moh A. Alkhamis, Beatriz Martínez-López     Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has recently (2014–2015) re-emerged in the United States (US) causing the largest outbreak in US history with 232 outbreaks and an …             Redox/methylation mediated abnormal DNA methylation as regulators of ambient fine particulate matter-induced neurodevelopment related impairment in human neuronal cells ▶     Hongying Wei, Fan Liang, Ge Meng et al.     Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) has been implicated as a risk factor for neurodevelopmental disorders including autism in children. However, the underlying biological mechanism …             Comprehensive approach for predicting toxicological effects of ionic liquids on several biological systems using unified descriptors ▶     Chul-Woong Cho, Stefan Stolte, Yeoung-Sang Yun     The challenge and opportunity for design of environmentally-benign ionic liquids (ILs) would start from prediction of their toxicological effects on several endpoints solely …             A change in coral extension rates and stable isotopes after El Niño-induced coral bleaching and regional stress events ▶     S. Hetzinger, M. Pfeiffer, W.-Chr. Dullo et al.     Coral reefs are biologically diverse ecosystems threatened with effective collapse under rapid climate change, in particular by recent increases in ocean temperatures. Coral …             Thermomechanical controls on magma supply and volcanic deformation: application to Aira caldera, Japan ▶     James Hickey, Joachim Gottsmann, Haruhisa Nakamichi et al.     Ground deformation often precedes volcanic eruptions, and results from complex interactions between source processes and the thermomechanical behaviour of surrounding rocks. …             Annual and seasonal spatial models for nitrogen oxides in Tehran, Iran ▶     Heresh Amini, Seyed-Mahmood Taghavi-Shahri, Sarah B. Henderson et al.     Very few land use regression (LUR) models have been developed for megacities in low- and middle-income countries, but such models are needed to facilitate epidemiologic research …             Linkages between atmospheric blocking, sea ice export through Fram Strait and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ▶     M. Ionita, P. Scholz, G. Lohmann et al.     As a key persistent component of the atmospheric dynamics, the North Atlantic blocking activity has been linked to extreme climatic phenomena in the European sector. It has also …             Early-life sexual segregation: ontogeny of isotopic niche differentiation in the Antarctic fur seal ▶     L. Kernaléguen, J. P. Y. Arnould, C. Guinet et al.     Investigating the ontogeny of niche differentiation enables to determine at which life-stages sexual segregation arises, providing insights into the main factors driving resource …             Discriminating Bio-aerosols from Non-Bio-aerosols in Real-Time by Pump-Probe Spectroscopy ▶     Gustavo Sousa, Geoffrey Gaulier, Luigi Bonacina et al.     The optical identification of bioaerosols in the atmosphere and its discrimination against combustion related particles is a major issue for real-time, field compatible …             Sub-CMC solubilization of dodecane by rhamnolipid in saturated porous media ▶     Hua Zhong, Hui Zhang, Zhifeng Liu et al.     Experiments were conducted with a two-dimensional flow cell to examine the effect of monorhamnolipid surfactant at sub-CMC concentrations on solubilization of dodecane in porous …             Model suggests potential for Porites coral population recovery after removal of anthropogenic disturbance (Luhuitou, Hainan, South China Sea) ▶     Meixia Zhao, Bernhard Riegl, Kefu Yu et al.     Population models are important for resource management and can inform about potential trajectories useful for planning purposes, even with incomplete monitoring data. From size …             Cold tolerance is unaffected by oxygen availability despite changes in anaerobic metabolism ▶     Leigh Boardman, Jesper G. Sørensen, Vladimír Koštál et al.     Insect cold tolerance depends on their ability to withstand or repair perturbations in cellular homeostasis caused by low temperature stress. 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