Nature Geoscience

Papers
(The median citation count of Nature Geoscience is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Ozone depletion over the Arctic affects spring climate in the Northern Hemisphere591
Hazard perception491
Carbonate record of temporal change in oxygen fugacity and gaseous species in asteroid Ryugu332
Rapid loss of complex polymers and pyrogenic carbon in subsoils under whole-soil warming285
Wetter and drier regions as large-scale tree restoration shifts water fluxes272
Seismic methodologies key to unlocking Earth’s lowermost mantle217
My journey out of fossil fuel-funded research188
Amphibole interlocking into jade188
Tetrataenite’s magnetic personality177
A conversation on air pollution in China166
Meteorological phenomena on Mars observed by the Perseverance rover144
Aftershocks of megathrust earthquakes undergo a central shutdown and surrounding activation141
Reconstruction of Patagonia’s glacial history informs key global climate drivers136
Evolution of Earth’s oxygenation and temperature depends on surface carbonate accumulation136
Bubble bursts increase melt rates of tidewater glaciers122
Plants rooted in rocks120
Minerals matter119
Hidden rivers under Antarctica impact ice flow and stability111
Advancing geoscience with AI111
Permafrost cooled in winter by thermal bridging through snow-covered shrub branches108
Mantle driven mountains108
Planting trees to combat drought107
Rare-earth-rich rhabdophane106
Dichotomy retreat and aqueous alteration on Noachian Mars recorded in highland remnants106
Sulfur speciation matters105
Publisher Correction: Megathrusts exhumed100
Daytime urban heat stress in North America reduced by irrigation100
Synthesis of 13C-depleted organic matter from CO in a reducing early Martian atmosphere96
Hydrothermal flow and serpentinization in oceanic core complexes controlled by mafic intrusions89
Evidence of strong aerosol cooling implies great efficacy of marine cloud brightening89
Deep mantle water prefers slabs87
Intrusions induce global warming before continental flood basalt volcanism86
A step forward to mitigate ozone86
Atmospheric impacts of the space industry require oversight85
Newly formed craters on Mars located using seismic and acoustic wave data from InSight83
A weak and active surface of Bennu81
Deep hydration and lithospheric thinning at oceanic transform plate boundaries80
Global patterns of water storage in the rooting zones of vegetation79
Surface warming and wetting due to methane’s long-wave radiative effects muted by short-wave absorption78
Arc volcano activity driven by small-scale metasomatism of the magma source77
Links between large igneous province volcanism and subducted iron formations77
Publisher Correction: Direct observation of Earth’s spectral long-wave feedback parameter74
Late Miocene onset of hyper-aridity in East Antarctica indicated by meteoric beryllium-10 in permafrost74
Recent state transition of the Arctic Ocean’s Beaufort Gyre74
Publisher Correction: Phosphorus availability on the early Earth and the impacts of life74
Scorched minerals in sedimentary rocks74
Cooler forests in clean air73
Response of stratospheric water vapour to warming constrained by satellite observations73
Booming solar energy is encroaching on cropland72
Garnet the gift that keeps on giving72
Forming the oldest-surviving crust72
How language can be a path away from neo-colonialism in geoscience68
Author Correction: Frequent marine heatwaves hidden below the surface of the global ocean67
Pervasive fluorinated chemicals66
Lateral expansion of northern peatlands calls into question a 1,055 GtC estimate of carbon storage66
Granular decoherence precedes ice mélange failure and glacier calving at Jakobshavn Isbræ65
The number and location of Jupiter’s circumpolar cyclones explained by vorticity dynamics65
Author Correction: Large subglacial source of mercury from the southwestern margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet63
Author Correction: Rivers as the largest source of mercury to coastal oceans worldwide63
Top-down control on water subduction62
Deformation-controlled long-period seismicity in low-cohesion volcanic sediments62
Author Correction: An unshakable carbon budget for the Himalaya61
Sulfur emissions from consumption by developed and developing countries produce comparable climate impacts60
An initial map of fine-scale heterogeneity in the Earth’s inner core60
Pulses in silicic arc magmatism initiate end-Permian climate instability and extinction59
Atlantic circulation change still uncertain59
Nitrogen fixation in the North Atlantic supported by Gulf Stream eddy-borne diazotrophs58
Author Correction: Regional stratification at the top of Earth’s core due to core–mantle boundary heat flux variations58
Substantial increase in China’s manufactured sand supply since 201057
Author Correction: Tipping point in ice-sheet grounding-zone melting due to ocean water intrusion57
Inhibition of phototrophic iron oxidation by nitric oxide in ferruginous environments56
Upwelling of melt-depleted mantle under Iceland56
Frequent rainfall-induced new particle formation within the canopy in the Amazon rainforest56
Centennial-scale variations in the carbon cycle enhanced by high obliquity55
Widespread and systematic effects of fire on plant–soil water relations55
A common precursor for global hotspot lavas55
AI-empowered next-generation multiscale climate modelling for mitigation and adaptation55
Weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation driven by subarctic freshening since the mid-twentieth century52
Ice-shelf disintegration in East Antarctica52
High-altitude glacier archives lost due to climate change-related melting51
The palaeoclimate potential of continental scientific drilling51
Methane evades microbes51
Deceptively critical sphalerite51
Winter subglacial meltwater detected in a Greenland fjord50
Annual-scale variability in both the rotation rate and near surface of Earth’s inner core50
Formation of late-generation atmospheric compounds inhibited by rapid deposition49
Millennial atmospheric CO2 changes linked to ocean ventilation modes over past 150,000 years48
Reduced phosphorus availability in paddy soils under atmospheric CO2 enrichment48
Global cycling and climate effects of aeolian dust controlled by biological soil crusts48
A satellite-derived baseline of photosynthetic life across Antarctica48
Isotopic evidence against North Pacific Deep Water formation during late Pliocene warmth48
Methane hydrate dissociation across the Oligocene–Miocene boundary48
Fire enhances forest degradation within forest edge zones in Africa47
A further source of Tokyo earthquakes and Pacific Ocean tsunamis46
Addendum: Microbial decomposition of marine dissolved organic matter in cool oceanic crust46
Limited carbon cycling due to high-pressure effects on the deep-sea microbiome46
Mineral-catalysed formation of marine NO and N2O on the anoxic early Earth46
Rapid recycling of subducted sedimentary carbon revealed by Afghanistan carbonatite volcano45
Orange hydrogen is the new green45
Geometric controls on cascading rupture of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake doublet45
Enhanced stability of grassland soil temperature by plant diversity44
Multifaceted aerosol effects on precipitation44
Similar seismic moment release process for shallow and deep earthquakes44
Nuna supercontinent assembly linked to carbon cycling in shear zones 1.9–1.7 billion years ago44
Substantial and increasing global losses of timber-producing forest due to wildfires44
Silica in a state of shock44
Rates of seafloor and continental weathering govern Phanerozoic marine phosphate levels43
Secular craton evolution due to cyclic deformation of underlying dense mantle lithosphere43
Steady threefold Arctic amplification of externally forced warming masked by natural variability43
Flow laws for ice constrained by 70 years of laboratory experiments43
Earth-like lithospheric thickness and heat flow on Venus consistent with active rifting43
Correlation of porosity variations and rheological transitions on the southern Cascadia megathrust42
Underestimated burden of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in global surface waters and groundwaters42
Late Ordovician climate change and extinctions driven by elevated volcanic nutrient supply42
Acceleration of a large deep-seated tropical landslide due to urbanization feedbacks42
Potential CO2 removal from enhanced weathering by ecosystem responses to powdered rock41
Deep formation of Earth’s earliest continental crust consistent with subduction41
Arctic sea-ice loss fuels extreme European snowfall41
Epipelagic nitrous oxide production offsets carbon sequestration by the biological pump40
Substantial carbon drawdown potential from enhanced rock weathering in the United Kingdom40
High water content of arc magmas recorded in cumulates from subduction zone lower crust40
Cenozoic eastward growth of the Tibetan Plateau controlled by tearing of the Indian slab39
Connecting geology to ecology39
Majority of global river flow sustained by groundwater39
A tree of Indo-African mantle plumes imaged by seismic tomography39
Persistent orbital influence on millennial climate variability through the Pleistocene38
Collaboration between artificial intelligence and Earth science communities for mutual benefit38
Formation of oxidized sulfur-rich magmas in Neoarchaean subduction zones38
Drivers of PM2.5 air pollution deaths in China 2002–201737
The Moho is in reach of ocean drilling with the Meng Xiang37
Drought response of the boreal forest carbon sink is driven by understorey–tree composition36
A biogeochemical–hydrological framework for the role of redox-active compounds in aquatic systems36
Forest vulnerability to drought controlled by bedrock composition36
Rewetting global wetlands effectively reduces major greenhouse gas emissions36
Nitrogen isotopic constraints on nutrient transport to the upper ocean36
Local surface cooling from afforestation amplified by lower aerosol pollution35
Crater population on asteroid (101955) Bennu indicates impact armouring and a young surface35
Asymmetric impacts of forest gain and loss on tropical land surface temperature35
Soil organic matter formation and loss are mediated by root exudates in a temperate forest34
A record of plume-induced plate rotation triggering subduction initiation34
Pacific shoreline erosion and accretion patterns controlled by El Niño/Southern Oscillation34
Rapid decline in Antarctic sea ice in recent years hints at future change34
Decline in atmospheric nitrogen deposition in China between 2010 and 202033
Constraint on net primary productivity of the global ocean by Argo oxygen measurements33
Regional variations in relative sea-level changes influenced by nonlinear vertical land motion33
Global increase in biomass carbon stock dominated by growth of northern young forests over past decade33
Reduced productivity and carbon drawdown of tropical forests from ground-level ozone exposure32
Cooling Himalayan glaciers32
Dynamic history of the inner core constrained by seismic anisotropy32
Amplified warming of extreme temperatures over tropical land32
Uncertainty in US forest carbon storage potential due to climate risks31
Utility of artificial intelligence in geoscience31
All aboard the transfer train30
Quasicrystalline shifting in natural orders30
Oceanic transform fault seismicity and slip mode influenced by seawater infiltration30
Rapid rise of early ocean pH under elevated weathering rates30
Emergence of lake conditions that exceed natural temperature variability30
Meltwater Pulse 1A sea-level-rise patterns explained by global cascade of ice loss30
Fluid transport and storage in the Cascadia forearc influenced by overriding plate lithology29
Spotlighting our papers29
Complexities of coastal resilience29
Disappearance of Arctic sea ice during summers of the Last Interglacial29
Rumbling rubble-pile asteroids29
Scaling through ocean carbon29
Bipolar control on changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide over millennial timescales29
Delving in to deep time28
Adapting to AI28
Choppy seas for deep ocean drilling28
A rock record of H2 production in the ancient Earth28
Feedbacks between phytoplankton and nutrient cycles in a warming ocean27
Deep Earth bound by water27
Robotic exploration of sub-ice shelf melting and freezing processes27
Tsunami size variability with rupture depth27
Unravelling ENSO complexity27
A primary magmatic source of nitrogen to Earth’s crust27
Hydrous peridotitic fragments of Earth’s mantle 660 km discontinuity sampled by a diamond27
End-Permian marine extinction due to temperature-driven nutrient recycling and euxinia27
Air temperature — not just ocean warming — affects submarine melting of Greenland glaciers27
Preferential phosphorus retention in lakes alters the balance of global nutrient cycles27
Facilitating code peer review27
Underwater terraced deposits chronicle volcanic eruptions26
A curved post-garnet boundary enhances slab and plume dynamics in the Earth’s mantle26
Geoscientists excluded26
Provenance matters26
Seasonal productivity of the equatorial Atlantic shaped by distinct wind-driven processes26
Outer planet frontier of geoscience26
Up in the aerosol26
Preservation of organic carbon in marine sediments sustained by sorption and transformation processes26
Global riverine land-to-ocean carbon export constrained by observations and multi-model assessment26
Author Correction: Recent uplift of Chomolungma enhanced by river drainage piracy26
Formation of manganese oxides on early Mars due to active halogen cycling26
Influence of biogenic emissions from boreal forests on aerosol–cloud interactions26
Rapid rise in atmospheric CO2 marked the end of the Late Palaeozoic Ice Age26
Tropical forest loss alters land surface temperature more than tropical forest gain26
Longitudinal structure of Earth’s magnetic field controlled by lower mantle heat flow26
Recent strengthening of snow and ice albedo feedback driven by Antarctic sea-ice loss25
Photoferrotrophs are inhibited by denitrification in ferruginous habitats25
Recent pronounced warming on the Mongolian Plateau boosted by internal climate variability25
High-elevation Tibetan Plateau before India–Eurasia collision recorded by triple oxygen isotopes25
Episodic dynamic change linked to damage on the Thwaites Glacier Ice Tongue25
Wind-steered Eastern Pathway of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation25
Retention of water in subducted slabs under core–mantle boundary conditions25
Spatial pattern of marine oxygenation set by tectonic and ecological drivers over the Phanerozoic25
Ubiquitous magnetite24
Lower crustal earthquake associated with highly pressurized frictional melts24
Author Correction: Global dominance of tectonics over climate in shaping river longitudinal profiles24
Penultimate deglaciation Asian monsoon response to North Atlantic circulation collapse24
Calving prediction from ice mélange motion24
Calcium carbonate dissolution patterns in the ocean24
Long-lived shallow slow-slip events on the Sunda megathrust24
Disrupt and demystify the unwritten rules of graduate school24
Mitigating sinkhole hazards intensified by climate change24
Author Correction: Seismology: Unrushed megathrusts24
Hydrological impact of Middle Miocene Antarctic ice-free areas coupled to deep ocean temperatures24
Delayed and variable late Archaean atmospheric oxidation due to high collision rates on Earth24
Fluocerite as a precursor to rare earth element fractionation in ore-forming systems23
Author Correction: Millennial and centennial CO2 release from the Southern Ocean during the last deglaciation23
Great Plains storm intensity since the last glacial controlled by spring surface warming23
Basin-scale biogeochemical and ecological impacts of islands in the tropical Pacific Ocean23
Estimating pi using geoscience23
Eruption at basaltic calderas forecast by magma flow rate23
Author Correction: Different climate sensitivity of particulate and mineral-associated soil organic matter23
Breaking subductions’ fourth wall23
Cycling carbon with coccolithophores22
Lingering end to a salinity crisis22
The bedrock of forest drought22
Publisher Correction: Machine learning reveals climate forcing from aerosols is dominated by increased cloud cover22
Moon’s crustal porosity records impact history22
Mid-Pliocene El Niño/Southern Oscillation suppressed by Pacific intertropical convergence zone shift22
Geology for the wellbeing economy21
Blame the river not the rain21
Forearc seismogenesis in a weakly coupled subduction zone influenced by slab mantle fluids21
Primordial helium extracted from the Earth’s core through magnesium oxide exsolution21
Publisher Correction: Enhanced clay formation key in sustaining the Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum21
Highly variable friction and slip observed at Antarctic ice stream bed21
Global frequency of oceanic and continental supershear earthquakes21
Multi-proxy constraints on Atlantic circulation dynamics since the last ice age21
Holocene ice-stream shutdown and drainage basin reconfiguration in northeast Greenland21
Lowland river sinuosity on Earth and Mars set by the pace of meandering and avulsion21
Strategies for making geoscience PhD recruitment more equitable21
Frequent marine heatwaves hidden below the surface of the global ocean21
Author Correction: Localized fault-zone dilatancy and surface inelasticity of the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes21
Submarine terraced deposits linked to periodic collapse of caldera-forming eruption columns21
A current take on past overturning21
Arctic rivers tell tales of change21
The sinuosity patterns of lowland meandering rivers on Earth and Mars21
Deep CO2 release and the carbon budget of the central Apennines modulated by geodynamics20
Clay minerals store organic carbon and cool Earth’s climate over millions of years20
Palaeozoic cooling modulated by ophiolite weathering through organic carbon preservation20
Late Miocene onset of the modern Antarctic Circumpolar Current20
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