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15 November 2016      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               npj Climate and Atmospheric Science: open for submissions  An open access, online-only journal providing researchers, policy makers and the public with the latest research on weather and climate, publishing high-quality papers that focus on topics including climate dynamics, climate variability, weather and climate prediction, climate change, weather extremes, atmospheric composition including aerosols, the hydrological cycle and atmosphere-ocean interactions. Find out more >>>                 Earth & Environmental Sciences               Inversion of inherited thrusts by wastewater injection induced seismicity at the Val d’Agri oilfield (Italy) ▶     M. Buttinelli, L. Improta, S. Bagh et al.     Since 2006 wastewater has been injected below the Val d’Agri Quaternary basin, the largest on-land oilfield in Europe, inducing micro-seismicity in the proximity of a high-rate …             Importance of sampling frequency when collecting diatoms ▶     Naicheng Wu, Claas Faber, Xiuming Sun et al.     There has been increasing interest in diatom-based bio-assessment but we still lack a comprehensive understanding of how to capture diatoms’ temporal dynamics with an appropriate …             To increase size or decrease density? Different Microcystis species has different choice to form blooms ▶     Ming Li, Wei Zhu, Lili Guo et al.     The buoyancy of Microcystis colonies is a principal factor determining blooms occurrence but the knowledge of seasonal variation in buoyancy is quite poor because of challenge in …             Effect of Schmidt number on mass transfer across a sheared gas-liquid interface in a wind-driven turbulence ▶     Naohisa Takagaki, Ryoichi Kurose, Atsushi Kimura et al.     The mass transfer across a sheared gas-liquid interface strongly depends on the Schmidt number. Here we investigate the relationship between mass transfer coefficient on the …             Facile Growth of High-Yield Gold Nanobipyramids Induced by Chloroplatinic Acid for High Refractive Index Sensing Properties ▶     Caihong Fang, Guili Zhao, Yanling Xiao et al.     Au nanobipyramids (NBPs) have attracted great attention because of their unique localized surface plasmon resonance properties. However, the current growth methods always have …             Radiocarbon Releases from the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Accident ▶     Sheng Xu, Gordon T. Cook, Alan J. Cresswell et al.     Radiocarbon activities were measured in annual tree rings for the years 2009 to 2015 from Japanese cedar trees (Cryptomeria japonica) collected at six sites ranging from …             Evolution of the sink and source of dissolved inorganic nitrogen with salinity as a tracer during summer in the Pearl River Estuary ▶     Mei-Lin Wu, Yi-Guo Hong, Jian-Ping Yin et al.     In this study, we evaluated the sink and source of the surface water along the PRE using a mixing model method with salinity as tracer. The observational data showed that the …             Impacts of brown carbon from biomass burning on surface UV and ozone photochemistry in the Amazon Basin ▶     Jungbin Mok, Nickolay A. Krotkov, Antti Arola et al.     The spectral dependence of light absorption by atmospheric particulate matter has major implications for air quality and climate forcing, but remains uncertain especially in …             Climate variations of Central Asia on orbital to millennial timescales ▶     Hai Cheng, Christoph Spötl, Sebastian F. M. Breitenbach et al.     The extent to which climate variability in Central Asia is causally linked to large-scale changes in the Asian monsoon on varying timescales remains a longstanding question. Here …             Ni-Co bimetal nanowires filled multiwalled carbon nanotubes for the highly sensitive and selective non-enzymatic glucose sensor applications ▶     K. Ramachandran, T. Raj kumar, K. Justice Babu et al.     The facile, time and cost efficient and environmental benign approach has been developed for the preparation of Nickel (Ni)-Cobalt (Co) alloy nanowires filled multiwalled carbon …             An Antarctic molluscan biomineralisation tool-kit ▶     Victoria A. Sleight, Benjamin Marie, Daniel J. Jackson et al.     The Antarctic clam Laternula elliptica lives almost permanently below 0 °C and therefore is a valuable and tractable model to study the mechanisms of biomineralisation in cold …             Corrigendum: Quantifying overlap between the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and predicted bluefin tuna spawning habitat in the Gulf of Mexico ▶     Elliott L. Hazen, Aaron B. Carlisle, Steven G. Wilson et al.                 Underwater noise levels in UK waters ▶     Nathan D. Merchant, Kate L. Brookes, Rebecca C. Faulkner et al.     Underwater noise from human activities appears to be rising, with ramifications for acoustically sensitive marine organisms and the functioning of marine ecosystems. Policymakers …             Modeling Volcanic Eruption Parameters by Near-Source Internal Gravity Waves ▶     M. Ripepe, G. Barfucci, S. De Angelis et al.     Volcanic explosions release large amounts of hot gas and ash into the atmosphere to form plumes rising several kilometers above eruptive vents, which can pose serious risk on …             Erratum: Is the detection of accelerated sea level rise imminent? ▶     J. T. Fasullo, R. S. Nerem, B. Hamlington                 Multidisciplinary oil spill modeling to protect coastal communities and the environment of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea ▶     Tiago M. Alves, Eleni Kokinou, George Zodiatis et al.     We present new mathematical and geological models to assist civil protection authorities in the mitigation of potential oil spill accidents in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Oil …             Changes in agricultural carbon emissions and factors that influence agricultural carbon emissions based on different stages in Xinjiang, China ▶     Chuanhe Xiong, Degang Yang, Fuqiang Xia et al.     Xinjiang’s agricultural carbon emissions showed three stages of change, i.e., continued to rise, declined and continued to rise, during 1991–2014. The agriculture belonged to the …             Pore structure characterization of Chang-7 tight sandstone using MICP combined with N2GA techniques and its geological control factors ▶     Zhe Cao, Guangdi Liu, Hongbin Zhan et al.     Understanding the pore networks of unconventional tight reservoirs such as tight sandstones and shales is crucial for extracting oil/gas from such reservoirs. Mercury injection …             A Late Cretaceous diversification of Asian oviraptorid dinosaurs: evidence from a new species preserved in an unusual posture ▶     Junchang Lü, Rongjun Chen, Stephen L. Brusatte et al.     Oviraptorosaurs are a bizarre group of bird-like theropod dinosaurs, the derived forms of which have shortened, toothless skulls, and which diverged from close relatives by …             Indoor terpene emissions from cooking with herbs and pepper and their secondary organic aerosol production potential ▶     Felix Klein, Naomi J. Farren, Carlo Bozzetti et al.     Cooking is widely recognized as an important source of indoor and outdoor particle and volatile organic compound emissions with potential deleterious effects on human health. …             Preservation of amorphous ultrafine material: A proposed proxy for slip during recent earthquakes on active faults ▶     Tetsuro Hirono, Satoru Asayama, Shunya Kaneki et al.     The criteria for designating an “Active Fault” not only are important for understanding regional tectonics, but also are a paramount issue for assessing the earthquake risk of …             Micrometre-scale deformation observations reveal fundamental controls on geological rifting ▶     Johannes Thun, Ivan Lokmer, Christopher J. Bean et al.     Many of the world’s largest volcanic eruptions are associated with geological rifting where major fractures open at the Earth’s surface, yet fundamental controls on the …             Evidence of Anomalously Low δ13C of Marine Organic Matter in an Arctic Fjord ▶     Vikash Kumar, Manish Tiwari, Siddhesh Nagoji et al.     Accurate estimation of relative carbon deposition (marine vs. terrestrial) is required for understanding the global carbon budget, particularly in the Arctic region, which holds …             Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community composition affected by original elevation rather than translocation along an altitudinal gradient on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau ▶     Wei Yang, Yong Zheng, Cheng Gao et al.     Elucidating arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal responses to elevation changes is critical to improve understanding of microbial function in ecosystems under global asymmetrical …             Invasive plant Alternanthera philoxeroides suffers more severe herbivory pressure than native competitors in recipient communities ▶     Shufeng Fan, Haihao Yu, Xianru Dong et al.     Host-enemy interactions are vital mechanisms that explain the success or failure of invasive plants in new ranges. We surveyed the defoliation of invasive Alternanthera …             Role of the interface between distributed fibre optic strain sensor and soil in ground deformation measurement ▶     Cheng-Cheng Zhang, Hong-Hu Zhu, Bin Shi     Recently the distributed fibre optic strain sensing (DFOSS) technique has been applied to monitor deformations of various earth structures. However, the reliability of soil …             Quantifying distinct associations on different temporal scales: comparison of DCCA and Pearson methods ▶     Lin Piao, Zuntao Fu     Cross-correlation between pairs of variables takes multi-time scale characteristic, and it can be totally different on different time scales (changing from positive correlation …             Tracing the influence of Mediterranean climate on Southeastern Europe during the past 350,000 years ▶     Igor Obreht, Christian Zeeden, Ulrich Hambach et al.     Loess-palaeosol sequences are valuable archives of past environmental changes. Although regional palaeoclimatic trends and conditions in Southeastern Europe have been inferred …             Evolution of Mass Movements near Epicentre of Wenchuan Earthquake, the First Eight Years ▶     Shuai Zhang, Limin Zhang, Suzanne Lacasse et al.     It is increasingly clear that landslides represent a major cause of economic costs and deaths in earthquakes in mountains. In the Wenchuan earthquake case, post-seismic cascading …             Future climate impacts on maize farming and food security in Malawi ▶     Tilele Stevens, Kaveh Madani     Agriculture is the mainstay of Malawi’s economy and maize is the most important crop for food security. As a Least Developed Country (LDC), adverse effects of climate change (CC) …             β-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) is not found in the brains of patients with confirmed Alzheimer’s disease ▶     Julie P. Meneely, Olivier P. Chevallier, Stewart Graham et al.     Controversy surrounds the proposed hypothesis that exposure to β-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) could play a role in various neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer’s …             Boreal earliest Triassic biotas elucidate globally depauperate hard substrate communities after the end-Permian mass extinction ▶     Michał Zatoń, Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki, Henning Blom et al.     The end-Permian mass extinction constituted the most devastating biotic crisis of the Phanerozoic. Its aftermath was characterized by harsh marine conditions incorporating …             Bacterial community structure and function shift along a successional series of tidal flats in the Yellow River Delta ▶     Xiaofei Lv, Bin Ma, Junbao Yu et al.     Coastal ecosystems play significant ecological and economic roles but are threatened and facing decline. Microbes drive various biogeochemical processes in coastal ecosystems. …             Lake Ontario salmon (Salmo salar) were not migratory: A long-standing historical debate solved through stable isotope analysis ▶     Eric J. Guiry, Suzanne Needs-Howarth, Kevin D. Friedland et al.     Lake Ontario once supported a large complex of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) populations that became extinct prior to scientific study. Since the 1860s, research efforts to …             Direct and indirect ENSO modulation of winter temperature over the Asian–Pacific–American region ▶     Marco Y. T. Leung, Wen Zhou     In this study, the direct and indirect atmospheric responses over the Asian–Pacific–American region to the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) are documented. 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