Nature Geoscience

Article	Citations
Risk of pesticide pollution at the global scale	487
Half of global methane emissions come from highly variable aquatic ecosystem sources	409
Persistence of soil organic carbon caused by functional complexity	372
Biochar in climate change mitigation	283
Homogenization of the terrestrial water cycle	242
Drivers of PM2.5 air pollution deaths in China 2002–2017	210
Current Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakest in last millennium	201
Amplified transboundary transport of haze by aerosol–boundary layer interaction in China	188
Recent European drought extremes beyond Common Era background variability	179
Global mapping reveals increase in lacustrine algal blooms over the past decade	178
Different climate sensitivity of particulate and mineral-associated soil organic matter	171
Interannual variations in meltwater input to the Southern Ocean from Antarctic ice shelves	171
Control of particulate nitrate air pollution in China	141
Observed changes in dry-season water availability attributed to human-induced climate change	135
Increased carbon footprint of materials production driven by rise in investments	125
Managing nitrogen legacies to accelerate water quality improvement	122
The age distribution of global soil carbon inferred from radiocarbon measurements	120
The state of rock debris covering Earth’s glaciers	116
Global distribution of sediment-hosted metals controlled by craton edge stability	116
Rivers as the largest source of mercury to coastal oceans worldwide	113
Ice velocity and thickness of the world’s glaciers	113
Critical role of water in the formation of continental crust	108
Eleven-year solar cycles over the last millennium revealed by radiocarbon in tree rings	105
Moist heat stress extremes in India enhanced by irrigation	105
Rapid decline in Antarctic sea ice in recent years hints at future change	101

Shifts in regional water availability due to global tree restoration	99
Corona structures driven by plume–lithosphere interactions and evidence for ongoing plume activity on Venus	96
Enhanced aerosol particle growth sustained by high continental chlorine emission in India	95
Artificial intelligence reconstructs missing climate information	94
Phosphorus as an integral component of global marine biogeochemistry	91
Tropical forest loss enhanced by large-scale land acquisitions	89
Significant methane ebullition from alpine permafrost rivers on the East Qinghai–Tibet Plateau	86
Permian–Triassic mass extinction pulses driven by major marine carbon cycle perturbations	80
Arctic fires re-emerging	80
Coupled anaerobic methane oxidation and reductive arsenic mobilization in wetland soils	80
High Mountain Asia hydropower systems threatened by climate-driven landscape instability	79
Global carbon dioxide efflux from rivers enhanced by high nocturnal emissions	77
Widespread subsidence and carbon emissions across Southeast Asian peatlands	75
Carbon loss from northern circumpolar permafrost soils amplified by rhizosphere priming	74
Deforestation-induced warming over tropical mountain regions regulated by elevation	74
Co-variation of silicate, carbonate and sulfide weathering drives CO2 release with erosion	74
Potential CO2 removal from enhanced weathering by ecosystem responses to powdered rock	73
Global carbon budget of reservoirs is overturned by the quantification of drawdown areas	73
Attribution of global lake systems change to anthropogenic forcing	72
Atlantic and Pacific tropics connected by mutually interactive decadal-timescale processes	71
Opportunities and challenges in using remaining carbon budgets to guide climate policy	70
Secondary organic aerosol formed by condensing anthropogenic vapours over China’s megacities	69
A biogeochemical–hydrological framework for the role of redox-active compounds in aquatic systems	68
Widespread biomass burning smoke throughout the remote troposphere	68
Scientists from historically excluded groups face a hostile obstacle course	67
Molecular trade-offs in soil organic carbon composition at continental scale	67
Recent recovery of Antarctic Bottom Water formation in the Ross Sea driven by climate anomalies	66
A coupled model of episodic warming, oxidation and geochemical transitions on early Mars	66
Drought self-propagation in drylands due to land–atmosphere feedbacks	66
Past abrupt changes, tipping points and cascading impacts in the Earth system	65
Poleward expansion of tropical cyclone latitudes in warming climates	65
Birth of a large volcanic edifice offshore Mayotte via lithosphere-scale dyke intrusion	63
A shift in sulfur-cycle manipulation from atmospheric emissions to agricultural additions	60
A nutrient control on marine anoxia during the end-Permian mass extinction	58
Increased outburst flood hazard from Lake Palcacocha due to human-induced glacier retreat	58
Intensification of El Niño-induced atmospheric anomalies under greenhouse warming	58
Uncertain response of ocean biological carbon export in a changing world	56
The Earth’s core as a reservoir of water	56
Open ocean and coastal new particle formation from sulfuric acid and amines around the Antarctic Peninsula	56
Abrupt changes in the global carbon cycle during the last glacial period	55
Mud in rivers transported as flocculated and suspended bed material	55
Equilibrium climate sensitivity above 5 °C plausible due to state-dependent cloud feedback	54
Steady erosion rates in the Himalayas through late Cenozoic climatic changes	54
Slip-rate-dependent friction as a universal mechanism for slow slip events	54
Substantial carbon drawdown potential from enhanced rock weathering in the United Kingdom	54
Changes in Northern Hemisphere temperature variability shaped by regional warming patterns	54
Global nitrous acid emissions and levels of regional oxidants enhanced by wildfires	52
Empirical estimate of forestation-induced precipitation changes in Europe	52
A record of plume-induced plate rotation triggering subduction initiation	51
Valley formation on early Mars by subglacial and fluvial erosion	51

Formation of necromass-derived soil organic carbon determined by microbial death pathways	51
Global patterns of daily CO2 emissions reductions in the first year of COVID-19	50
Carbon and nitrogen cycling in Yedoma permafrost controlled by microbial functional limitations	50
Fire effects on the persistence of soil organic matter and long-term carbon storage	50
Global water availability boosted by vegetation-driven changes in atmospheric moisture transport	50
Slip rate deficit and earthquake potential on shallow megathrusts	49
Confronting the water potential information gap	49
Calcium carbonate dissolution patterns in the ocean	48
Back-propagating supershear rupture in the 2016 Mw 7.1 Romanche transform fault earthquake	47
Large-scale thermal unrest of volcanoes for years prior to eruption	47
Future warming exacerbated by aged-soot effect on cloud formation	47
Marsh resilience to sea-level rise reduced by storm-surge barriers in the Venice Lagoon	47
Rewetting global wetlands effectively reduces major greenhouse gas emissions	47
Synergistic effects of four climate change drivers on terrestrial carbon cycling	46
Projections of tropical heat stress constrained by atmospheric dynamics	45
Fluvial organic carbon cycling regulated by sediment transit time and mineral protection	44
Potential impacts of atmospheric microplastics and nanoplastics on cloud formation processes	44
A tree of Indo-African mantle plumes imaged by seismic tomography	44
Biological nitrogen fixation detected under Antarctic sea ice	43
Distinct formation history for deep-mantle domains reflected in geochemical differences	43
Persistent orbital influence on millennial climate variability through the Pleistocene	43
Manage fire regimes, not fires	43
Arctic sea-ice loss fuels extreme European snowfall	43
Chesapeake Bay acidification buffered by spatially decoupled carbonate mineral cycling	42
Abundant nitrite-oxidizing metalloenzymes in the mesopelagic zone of the tropical Pacific Ocean	42
Microbial methylation potential of mercury sulfide particles dictated by surface structure	41
Imbalance of global nutrient cycles exacerbated by the greater retention of phosphorus over nitrogen in lakes	41
Global chemical weathering dominated by continental arcs since the mid-Palaeozoic	41
Dominant role of mineral dust in cirrus cloud formation revealed by global-scale measurements	41
Late Ordovician climate change and extinctions driven by elevated volcanic nutrient supply	40
Decolonizing geoscience requires more than equity and inclusion	40
Disproportionate control on aerosol burden by light rain	40
Winter particulate pollution severity in North China driven by atmospheric teleconnections	39
Global cycling and climate effects of aeolian dust controlled by biological soil crusts	39
Suppression of surface ozone by an aerosol-inhibited photochemical ozone regime	39
Biogenic particles formed in the Himalaya as an important source of free tropospheric aerosols	39
Tropical tree growth driven by dry-season climate variability	39
A further source of Tokyo earthquakes and Pacific Ocean tsunamis	39
The role of environmental factors in the long-term evolution of the marine biological pump	38
A UK perspective on tackling the geoscience racial diversity crisis in the Global North	38
Spatiotemporal clustering of great earthquakes on a transform fault controlled by geometry	38
A fundamental role of carbonate–sulfate melts in the formation of iron oxide–apatite deposits	38
Sinking enhances the degradation of organic particles by marine bacteria	38
Superionic iron oxide–hydroxide in Earth’s deep mantle	38
Heinrich Stadial aridity forced Mediterranean-wide glacier retreat in the last cold stage	37
Impacts of hydrothermal plume processes on oceanic metal cycles and transport	37
Shifts in vegetation activity of terrestrial ecosystems attributable to climate trends	37
Coupled Southern Ocean cooling and Antarctic ice sheet expansion during the middle Miocene	36
Calibrating the marine turbidite palaeoseismometer using the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake	35
Amplified warming of extreme temperatures over tropical land	35
A world view of pesticides	35
Pacific shoreline erosion and accretion patterns controlled by El Niño/Southern Oscillation	35
Explosive or effusive style of volcanic eruption determined by magma storage conditions	35
Orange hydrogen is the new green	35
Antarctic ice-shelf advance driven by anomalous atmospheric and sea-ice circulation	34
Impact of warmer climate periods on flood hazard in the European Alps	34
Recent north magnetic pole acceleration towards Siberia caused by flux lobe elongation	34
Conservation slows down emission increase from a tropical peatland in Indonesia	34
Drought resistance enhanced by tree species diversity in global forests	33
Constraint on net primary productivity of the global ocean by Argo oxygen measurements	33
Eruptive activity of the Santorini Volcano controlled by sea-level rise and fall	33
Temperature control on CO2 emissions from the weathering of sedimentary rocks	33
Distinct slab interfaces imaged within the mantle transition zone	33
Global patterns of water storage in the rooting zones of vegetation	33
Effect of tectonic processes on biosphere–geosphere feedbacks across a convergent margin	32
Amazonian forest degradation must be incorporated into the COP26 agenda	32
The vertical structure of CO in the Martian atmosphere from the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter	32
Rapid glacier retreat rates observed in West Antarctica	32
Direct astronomical influence on abrupt climate variability	31
Equal abundance of summertime natural and wintertime anthropogenic Arctic organic aerosols	31
Surface characteristics of the Zhurong Mars rover traverse at Utopia Planitia	31
Newly formed craters on Mars located using seismic and acoustic wave data from InSight	31
Decline in bulk deposition of air pollutants in China lags behind reductions in emissions	31
Large subglacial source of mercury from the southwestern margin of the Greenland Ice Sheet	31
Drivers of river reactivation in North Africa during the last glacial cycle	30
Vertical decoupling in Late Ordovician anoxia due to reorganization of ocean circulation	30
Carbon fixation rates in groundwater similar to those in oligotrophic marine systems	30
Active crustal differentiation beneath the Rio Grande Rift	30
Arctic Ocean stratification set by sea level and freshwater inputs since the last ice age	30
A pole-to-equator ocean overturning circulation on Enceladus	29

Siberian carbon sink reduced by forest disturbances	29
Springtime arctic ozone depletion forces northern hemisphere climate anomalies	29
Cyclical geothermal unrest as a precursor to Iceland’s 2021 Fagradalsfjall eruption	29
Last glacial atmospheric CO2 decline due to widespread Pacific deep-water expansion	29
Quantifying the physical processes leading to atmospheric hot extremes at a global scale	29
Deep-sea eruptions boosted by induced fuel–coolant explosions	29
Atlantic circulation change still uncertain	29
Earth’s Great Oxidation Event facilitated by the rise of sedimentary phosphorus recycling	29
Carbon concentration increases with depth of melting in Earth’s upper mantle	29
Implications of the iron oxide phase transition on the interiors of rocky exoplanets	29
Postseismic geodetic signature of cold forearc mantle in subduction zones	29
Machine learning reveals climate forcing from aerosols is dominated by increased cloud cover	28
Sub-aerial talik formation observed across the discontinuous permafrost zone of Alaska	28
Oceanic transform fault seismicity and slip mode influenced by seawater infiltration	28
Experimental evidence for lava-like mud flows under Martian surface conditions	28
Increased night-time oxidation over China despite widespread decrease across the globe	28
Possible link between Earth’s rotation rate and oxygenation	28
Localized fault-zone dilatancy and surface inelasticity of the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes	28
Agricultural drought over water-scarce Central Asia aggravated by internal climate variability	28
Sea spray as an obscured source for marine cloud nuclei	28
Atmospheric CO2 control of spontaneous millennial-scale ice age climate oscillations	28
Twentieth-century Azores High expansion unprecedented in the past 1,200 years	28
Multi-decadal trends in Antarctic sea-ice extent driven by ENSO–SAM over the last 2,000 years	28
Rates of protoplanetary accretion and differentiation set nitrogen budget of rocky planets	27
Upper-plate controls on subduction zone geometry, hydration and earthquake behaviour	27
Methane hydrate dissociation across the Oligocene–Miocene boundary	27
Reservoir CO2 and CH4 emissions and their climate impact over the period 1900–2060	26
Oxygen priming induced by elevated CO2 reduces carbon accumulation and methane emissions in coastal wetlands	26
Lunar compositional asymmetry explained by mantle overturn following the South Pole–Aitken impact	26
Influence of biogenic emissions from boreal forests on aerosol–cloud interactions	26
Marine organic carbon burial increased forest fire frequency during Oceanic Anoxic Event 2	26
Paleofloods stage a comeback	26
Nonlinear forcing of climate on mountain denudation during glaciations	26
Risks to carbon storage from land-use change revealed by peat thickness maps of Peru	25
Correlation of porosity variations and rheological transitions on the southern Cascadia megathrust	25
Global dominance of tectonics over climate in shaping river longitudinal profiles	25
Boosting geoscience data sharing in China	25
Stress, rigidity and sediment strength control megathrust earthquake and tsunami dynamics	25
Recent strengthening of snow and ice albedo feedback driven by Antarctic sea-ice loss	25
Continuum of earthquake rupture speeds enabled by oblique slip	25
Rapid retreat of Thwaites Glacier in the pre-satellite era	25
Underestimated mass loss from lake-terminating glaciers in the greater Himalaya	25
Half of global agricultural soil phosphorus fertility derived from anthropogenic sources	25
Fire enhances forest degradation within forest edge zones in Africa	25
Neogene South Asian monsoon rainfall and wind histories diverged due to topographic effects	25
Slab-derived devolatilization fluids oxidized by subducted metasedimentary rocks	25
Materials and pathways of the organic carbon cycle through time	25
Preferential localized thinning of lithospheric mantle in the melt-poor Malawi Rift	24
Regulation of ionospheric plasma velocities by thermospheric winds	24
A poorly mixed mantle transition zone and its thermal state inferred from seismic waves	24
Archaean seafloors shallowed with age due to radiogenic heating in the mantle	24
Subslab heterogeneity and giant megathrust earthquakes	24
Evidence for a hot start and early ocean formation on Pluto	24
Transient ocean oxygenation at end-Permian mass extinction onset shown by thallium isotopes	24
Pyrogenic carbon decomposition critical to resolving fire’s role in the Earth system	24
Topographic stress control on bedrock landslide size	23
Late Cenozoic climate change paces landscape adjustments to Yukon River capture	23
A seawater-sulfate origin for early Earth’s volcanic sulfur	23
Distinct sources of interannual subtropical and subpolar Atlantic overturning variability	23
Emergence of Southern Hemisphere stratospheric circulation changes in response to ozone recovery	23
Penultimate deglaciation Asian monsoon response to North Atlantic circulation collapse	23
Dynamic history of the inner core constrained by seismic anisotropy	23
Accrual of widespread rock damage from the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes	23
Contrasting effects of aridity and seasonality on global salinization	23
Acceleration of a large deep-seated tropical landslide due to urbanization feedbacks	23
Forest vulnerability to drought controlled by bedrock composition	23
Fault strength and rupture process controlled by fault surface topography	22
Simple shear origin of the cross-faults ruptured in the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence	22
Eocene to Oligocene terrestrial Southern Hemisphere cooling caused by declining pCO2	22
Enhanced dust emission following large wildfires due to vegetation disturbance	22
A century of groundwater accumulation in Pakistan and northwest India	22
Mapping peat thickness and carbon stocks of the central Congo Basin using field data	22
Global mass of buoyant marine plastics dominated by large long-lived debris	22
Muted multidecadal climate variability in central Europe during cold stadial periods	21
An unshakable carbon budget for the Himalaya	21
Submarine melting of glaciers in Greenland amplified by atmospheric warming	21
Shutdown of Southern Ocean convection controls long-term greenhouse gas-induced warming	21
Crater population on asteroid (101955) Bennu indicates impact armouring and a young surface	21
Rethinking groundwater age	21
Fracturing and healing of basaltic magmas during explosive volcanic eruptions	21
Increased typhoon activity in the Pacific deep tropics driven by Little Ice Age circulation changes	20
Astronomically controlled aridity in the Sahara since at least 11 million years ago	20
Soil organic matter formation and loss are mediated by root exudates in a temperate forest	20
The future lifespan of Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere	20
Decreasing subseasonal temperature variability in the northern extratropics attributed to human influence	20
Long-lived shallow slow-slip events on the Sunda megathrust	20
Brittle fragmentation by rapid gas separation in a Hawaiian fountain	20
Stress transition from horizontal to vertical forces during subduction initiation	20
Bedrock weathering contributes to subsurface reactive nitrogen and nitrous oxide emissions	20
Persistent late Permian to Early Triassic warmth linked to enhanced reverse weathering	19
Low surface strength of the asteroid Bennu inferred from impact ejecta deposit	19
Spatial pattern of super-greenhouse warmth controlled by elevated specific humidity	19
The global contribution of soil mosses to ecosystem services	19
Coseismic fault lubrication by viscous deformation	19
Fluid migration in low-permeability faults driven by decoupling of fault slip and opening	19