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01 November 2016      • Visit Scientific Reports • Submit your manuscript to Scientific Reports     Welcome to your Table of Contents e-alert for Scientific Reports           Earth & Environmental Sciences               Air exposure of coral is a significant source of dimethylsulfide (DMS) to the atmosphere ▶     Frances E. Hopkins, Thomas G. Bell, Mingxi Yang et al.     Corals are prolific producers of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP). High atmospheric concentrations of the DMSP breakdown product dimethylsulfide (DMS) have been linked to coral …             Shedding light on cell compartmentation in the candidate phylum Poribacteria by high resolution visualisation and transcriptional profiling ▶     Martin T. Jahn, Sebastian M. Markert, Taewoo Ryu et al.     Assigning functions to uncultivated environmental microorganisms continues to be a challenging endeavour. Here, we present a new microscopy protocol for fluorescence in situ …             The robustness of ecosystems to the species loss of community ▶     Qing Cai, Jiming Liu     To study the robustness of ecosystems is crucial to promote the sustainable development of human society. This paper aims to analyze the robustness of ecosystems from an …             Satellite NO2 retrievals suggest China has exceeded its NOx reduction goals from the twelfth Five-Year Plan ▶     Benjamin de Foy, Zifeng Lu, David G. Streets     China’s twelfth Five-Year Plan included pollution control measures with a goal of reducing national emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) by 10% by 2015 compared with 2010. Multiple …             Mechanisms on the morphology variation of hematite crystals by Al substitution: The modification of Fe and O reticular densities ▶     Wei Li, Xiaoliang Liang, Pengfei An et al.     Al substitution in hematite is ubiquitous in soils. With the increase of Al amount, the hematite morphology changes from rhombohedral crystals to disk-shaped ones, but the …             Antioxidant and Antitumor Activity of a Bioactive Polyphenolic Fraction Isolated from the Brewing Process ▶     Marco Tatullo, Grazia Maria Simone, Franco Tarullo et al.     There is increasing interest in identifying natural bioactive compounds that can improve mitochondrial functionality and regulate apoptosis. The brewery industry generates …             Changes in microbial communities, photosynthesis and calcification of the coral Acropora gemmifera in response to ocean acidification ▶     Guowei Zhou, Tao Yuan, Lin Cai et al.     With the increasing anthropogenic CO2 concentration, ocean acidification (OA) can have dramatic effects on coral reefs. However, the effects of OA on coral physiology and the …             Phylogenetic and functional potential links pH and N2O emissions in pasture soils ▶     M. d. Sainur Samad, Ambarish Biswas, Lars R. Bakken et al.     Denitrification is mediated by microbial, and physicochemical, processes leading to nitrogen loss via N2O and N2 emissions. Soil pH regulates the reduction of N2O to N2, however, …             Integrated presentation of ecological risk from multiple stressors ▶     Benoit Goussen, Oliver R. Price, Cecilie Rendal et al.     Current environmental risk assessments (ERA) do not account explicitly for ecological factors (e.g. species composition, temperature or food availability) and multiple stressors. …             Responses of bacterial community structure and denitrifying bacteria in biofilm to submerged macrophytes and nitrate ▶     Songhe Zhang, Si Pang, Peifang Wang et al.     Submerged macrophytes play important roles in constructed wetlands and natural water bodies, as these organisms remove nutrients and provide large surfaces for biofilms, which …             Global-scale river flood vulnerability in the last 50 years ▶     Masahiro Tanoue, Yukiko Hirabayashi, Hiroaki Ikeuchi     The impacts of flooding are expected to rise due to population increases, economic growth and climate change. Hence, understanding the physical and spatiotemporal characteristics …             Dynamics of soil organic and inorganic carbon in the cropland of upper Yellow River Delta, China ▶     Yang Guo, Xiujun Wang, Xianglan Li et al.     Soil inorganic carbon (SIC) and organic carbon (SOC) are important carbon reservoirs in terrestrial ecosystems. However, little attention was paid to SIC dynamics in cropland. We …             Exploring the Influence of Environmental Factors on Bacterial Communities within the Rhizosphere of the Cu-tolerant plant, Elsholtzia splendens ▶     Longfei Jiang, Mengke Song, Li Yang et al.     Bacterial communities of rhizospheric soils play an important role in the tolerance and uptake of metal-tolerant/hyperaccumulating plants to metals, e.g. the Cu-tolerant …             Modeling analysis of secondary inorganic aerosols over China: pollution characteristics, and meteorological and dust impacts ▶     Xiao Fu, Shuxiao Wang, Xing Chang et al.     Secondary inorganic aerosols (SIA) are the predominant components of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and have significant impacts on air quality, human health, and climate …             Effects of Pore-Scale Disorder on Fluid Displacement in Partially-Wettable Porous Media ▶     Ran Holtzman     We present a systematic, quantitative assessment of the impact of pore size disorder and its interplay with flow rates and wettability on immiscible displacement of a viscous …             Discrimination of transgenic soybean seeds by terahertz spectroscopy ▶     Wei Liu, Changhong Liu, Feng Chen et al.     Discrimination of genetically modified organisms is increasingly demanded by legislation and consumers worldwide. The feasibility of a non-destructive discrimination of …             Particulate matter emissions from biochar-amended soils as a potential tradeoff to the negative emission potential ▶     Sujith Ravi, Brenton S. Sharratt, Junran Li et al.     Novel carbon sequestration strategies such as large-scale land application of biochar may provide sustainable pathways to increase the terrestrial storage of carbon. Biochar has …             A Carbonaceous Membrane based on a Polymer of Intrinsic Microporosity (PIM-1) for Water Treatment ▶     Hee Joong Kim, Dong-Gyun Kim, Kyuchul Lee et al.     As insufficient access to clean water is expected to become worse in the near future, water purification is becoming increasingly important. Membrane filtration is the most …             Responses of the summer Asian-Pacific zonal thermal contrast and the associated evolution of atmospheric circulation to transient orbital changes during the Holocene ▶     Dong Xiao, Ping Zhao, Yue Wang et al.     This study investigates the response of large-scale atmospheric circulation over the Asian-Pacific sector and precipitation over eastern China to transient orbital changes during …             Equatorial Pacific forcing of western Amazonian precipitation during Heinrich Stadial 1 ▶     Yancheng Zhang, Xu Zhang, Cristiano M. Chiessi et al.     Abundant hydroclimatic evidence from western Amazonia and the adjacent Andes documents wet conditions during Heinrich Stadial 1 (HS1, 18–15 ka), a cold period in the high …             Lead chromate detected as a source of atmospheric Pb and Cr (VI) pollution ▶     Pyeong-Koo Lee, Soonyoung Yu, Hye Jung Chang et al.     Spherical black carbon aggregates were frequently observed in dust dry deposition in Daejeon, Korea. They were tens of micrometers in diameter and presented a mixture of black …             Quantitative Relationship between Cadmium Uptake and the Kinetics of Phytochelatin Induction by Cadmium in a Marine Diatom ▶     Yun Wu, Zhiqiang Guo, Wei Zhang et al.     Heavy metals activate the synthesis of phytochelatins (PCs), while the induced PCs might affect metal uptake via chelating intracellular free metals. 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News Release Issued: Nov 1, 2016 (8:00am EDT)

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Uncover the Tech Behind the Tech in Today's IoT Reality

Level 3 Video Series Explores the Network's Role in Connected Homes, Cars and Gameplay

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BROOMFIELD, Colo., Nov. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- With the explosion of the Internet of Things (IoT) within the past few years, predictions range from between 28 billion to more than 50 billion connected devices by 2020. These days, nearly any device can be connected to the Internet, from cars, watches and baby monitors to light switches, clothing and even toothbrushes. All of these smart devices can make our lives easier and provide valuable data to optimize functionality and processes; however, they also open the door to increased security risks.

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In a new video series, Level 3 Communications (NYSE: LVLT) explores three popular areas of the IoT revolution: the connected home, the connected car and connected gameplay. The videos provide a behind-the-scenes look at the important role the internet and networking technology play in these areas as well as how people can protect themselves from cyberattacks.

Watch the entire series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR-K5vvet5OS4RLtS25YRr7fgZu_3sFLx

Series Highlights:

Connected Home
Around 87 percent of mainstream consumers don't understand IoT, according to Accenture. If most consumers don't understand the technology, they also don't know how to connect and protect their devices. Dale Drew, chief security officer, leads a tour through his connected home, providing insight on the network technology that enables smart homes and advice for keeping it all secure.

Video link: https://youtu.be/udPNjvDiyrQ

Connected Cars
Connected cars aren't the future; they're the present, and their popularity is growing at a rapid pace. In fact, global analysts are forecasting 250 million connected cars will be on the road by 2020. But what do we mean when we say a car is connected and what are the implications of those connections? Dave Siegel, vice president of product management, outlines some of the privacy and security concerns inherent to connect cars, and ways the network can solve for some of those issues.

Video link: https://youtu.be/pEUmbCJtN_c

Connected Gameplay
More than one billion people play online video games across the globe – with 150 million playing video games regularly in the United States. How does the internet manage the high volume of gameplay without crashing? This video provides an in-depth look at the network technology behind connected gameplay, as well as how gamers can maintain their security while playing online.

Video link: https://youtu.be/qFFb3LL3z0k

Key Facts about Level 3:

• Level 3 monitors 1.3 billion security events, including mitigating more than 100 DDoS attacks, every day.
• With Level 3's discovery of two IoT-compromising malware families with 1.5 million infected nodes between them, smart home devices are more vulnerable than ever to security breaches.
• Some of the largest global businesses – including 20 percent of Fortune 50 companies – rely on Level 3 for secure cloud networking solutions, from public cloud access to private cloud environments and hybrid clouds.
• Level 3 has one of the widest geographical coverages for all the key Cloud Service Providers, including AWS, Azure and Google, and offers 500 high-speed Ethernet interconnects (E-NNI) connected to more than 150 different cloud, exchange, application and off-net access partners around the world.
• Level 3's content delivery network (CDN) provides services to eight of the top 10 gaming companies (by revenue).
• Level 3's CDN includes nodes on six continents in nearly 100 major metro cities.

About Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) is a Fortune 500 company that provides local, national and global communications services to enterprise, government and carrier customers. Level 3's comprehensive portfolio of secure, managed solutions includes fiber and infrastructure solutions; IP-based voice and data communications; wide-area Ethernet services; video and content distribution; data center and cloud-based solutions. Level 3 serves customers in more than 500 markets in over 60 countries across a global services platform anchored by owned fiber networks on three continents and connected by extensive undersea facilities. Level 3 services are provided by subsidiaries of Level 3 Communications, Inc. For more information, visit www.level3.com or get to know us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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