Scientific Reports Earth Sciences Table of Contents e-alert: 18 March 2014

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18 March 2014      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports               Earth & Environmental Sciences               The key role of dry days in changing regional climate and precipitation regimes ▶     Suraj D. Polade, David W. Pierce, Daniel R. Cayan et al.     Future changes in the number of dry days per year can either reinforce or counteract projected increases in daily precipitation intensity as the climate warms. We analyze climate …             The October 23, 2011, Van (Turkey) earthquake and its relationship with neighbouring structures ▶     Moro M., Cannelli V., Chini M. et al.     The present work reports the analysis of a possible relationship due to stress transfer between the two earthquakes that hit the province of Van, Eastern Turkey, on October 23, …             ERRATUM: Growth rate controlled synthesis of hierarchical Bi2S3/In2S3 core/shell microspheres with enhanced photocatalytic activity ▶     Juan Zhou, Guohui Tian, Yajie Chen et al.                 Damaging Effects of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes on Pregnant Mice with Different Pregnancy Times ▶     Wei Qi, Juanjuan Bi, Xiaoyong Zhang et al.     The mechanism by which nanoparticles cross the placental barrier was studied by using isotopic tracers. The abortion rates and other related data were counted and analysed in …             The sand-deposition impact of artificial gravel beds on the protection of the Mogao Grottoes ▶     Guo Shuai Li, Jian Jun Qu, Xu Zhi Li et al.     Gravel beds can prevent sand-dust emission and weaken sand-dust flux. We used wind-tunnel experiments and field observations on artificial gravel beds above the Mogao Grottoes to …             The early heat loss evolution of Mars and their implications for internal and environmental history ▶     Javier Ruiz     The time around 3.7 Ga ago was an epoch when substantial changes in Mars occurred: a substantial decline in aqueous erosion/degradation of landscape features; a change from …                     • Careers & Jobs           naturejobs.com Science jobs of the week       Research Assistant     University of Bristol            Post Doctoral Associate     University of Miami            Post-Doctoral Fellowships     University of Dundee            Postdoctoral Associate     University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill            Research Scientist / Post-doc     Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research            Research Fellow     The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Research Institute            Research Assistant / PhD Candidate     ETH Zurich            PhD Studentship     The Pirbright Institute            Clinical Operations Manager     Cancer Research UK            PostDoc / Senior Scientist     German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)          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 Reportsevents Directory featured events           natureevents directory featured events         SGEM 2014 GeoConference on Water Resources. Forest, Marine and Ocean Ecosystems     17 June 2014 Albena, UK         Natureevents Directory 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. © 2014 Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved.